Table 1. † Selected Studies of MPT in Healthy Females and Males and Young and Older Adults.
Age Group | Sex | M | SD | Range |
---|---|---|---|---|
Older Adults [5] | M (65-75 yrs) | 14.6 | 5.9 | - |
F (66-93 yrs) | 14.6 | 5.8 | - | |
Older Adults [12] | M (68-89 yrs) | 18.1 | 6.6 | 10.0-37.2 |
F (66-93 yrs) | 14.2 | 5.6 | 7.0-24.8 | |
Older Adults [13] | M (85-92 yrs) | 13.0 | - | 7.0-12.0 |
F (85-96 yrs) | 10.0 | - | 6.0-18.0 | |
Young Adults [5] | M & F | 18.2 | 4.3 | - |
Young Adults [20] | M | 22.6 | 8.1 | 9.3-43.3 |
F | 15.2 | 5.0 | 6.2-28.4 | |
Young Adults [21] | M | 34.6 | - | 15.0-62.3* |
F | 25.7 | - | 14.3-40.4* |
The ranges in this study are only from the “Critical Region,” that is, only the values that fell within the normal population defined by the authors (at a 5% level of significance).
This table presents selected studies of MPT previously characterized by Kent et al (6) in a review article.