. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2012 Dec 28;94(5):829–838. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.12.015

Table 1.

Participant characteristics

Characteristics	WB Group	NWB Group
No. of participants	15	14
Male/female	10/5	7/7
Age (y)	65.2±12.8	63.9±12.5
Duration of DM (y)	11.4±8.1	13.4±5.4
Body mass index (kg/m²)	36.8±6.3	33.1±7.3
Neuropathy–biothesiometer (V)	44.1±8.6	45.0±8.7
No. of comorbidities	2.3±1.7	1.7±1.2
Cardiac procedures/conditions	11	6
Hypertension	11	11
History of cancer	4	3
History of foot ulcer	2	2

NOTE. Values are mean ± SD or as otherwise indicated. There was no difference found between groups in any measures (P>.05).