Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Study Participants

	Educational control group (n = 7)Mean ± SD	WL + E group (n = 6) Mean ± SD	p valuea
Age (years)	67.1 ± 8.8	65.8 ± 6.2	0.765
Weight (kg)	90.5 ± 18.9	93.6 ± 14.5	0.753
SPPB Score	9.0 ± 1.2	9.2 ± 0.8	0.768
400-meter walk (sec)	407.1 ± 77.8	449.3 ± 106.9	0.428
Body mass index (kg/m2)	37 ± 7.8	36.1 ± 4.7	0.80

^ap value based on group comparison: WL + E vs. educational control group.

WL + E, Weight loss plus exercise; SD, standard deviation; SPPB, Short Physical Performance Battery.²⁸