Table 5.
Adjusted Physical Health-Related Variables Across Categories of Physical Function Limitation
| Physical Function Limitation | Univariate Comparisons | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Normal | Pre-clinical limitation | Limitation | F | df | p ≤ |
| General Health | 55.9 | 52.4* | 49.7*# | 50.87 | 2, 783 | 0.0001 |
| (55.2, 56.4) | (51.1, 54.0) | (48.4, 51.0) | ||||
| BMI (kg.m-2) | 26.9 | 28.4* | 29.9*# | 21.0 | 2, 783 | 0.0001 |
| (26.4, 27.4) | (27.7, 29.1) | (29.1, 30.7) | ||||
| Physical | 56.7 | 52.3* | 48.6*# | 72.87 | 2, 783 | 0.0001 |
| Component Summary | (56.2, 57.3) | (51.1, 53.5) | (47.2, 49.9) | |||
| Physical Function | 49.6 | 42.7* | 34.0*# | 158.94 | 2, 783 | 0.0001 |
| (48.9, 50.3) | (41.3, 44.0) | (32.4, 35.6) | ||||
| Role-Physical | 39.9 | 37.1* | 33.6*# | 93.56 | 2, 783 | 0.0001 |
| (39.5, 40.2) | (36.3, 38.0) | (32.4, 35.6) | ||||
| Weekly Energy Expenditure (Kcal.wk-1) | 7,851 | 6,363* | 4,314*# | 38.57 | 2, 783 | 0.0001 |
| (7,523, 8,179) | (5,828, 6898) | (3,881, 4,750) | ||||
Values are means and (95% confidence interval)
Adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, floor surface, and intervention assignment
* Significantly different (p < 0.01) from normal
# Significantly different (p < 0.01) from preclinical physical function limitation