Table 1.
Demographic and clinical features of patients (PG) and control (CG) groups
| Group | Participants | Sex | Age (years) | Body mass (kg) | Height (cm) | Body mass index (kg/m 2 ) | FAC (score) | BI (score) | CNS (score) | Time since stroke (weeks) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PG |
P1 |
M |
76 |
68 |
160 |
27 |
2 |
70 |
8.5 |
10 |
| PG |
P2 |
M |
79 |
76 |
172 |
26 |
2 |
50 |
6.0 |
8 |
| PG |
P3 |
F |
71 |
60 |
160 |
23 |
3 |
60 |
8.5 |
12 |
| PG |
P4 |
F |
40 |
63 |
160 |
25 |
3 |
50 |
7.0 |
8 |
| PG |
P5 |
M |
74 |
68 |
160 |
27 |
3 |
65 |
6.5 |
2 |
| PG |
P6 |
M |
58 |
63 |
174 |
21 |
2 |
70 |
7.5 |
10 |
| CG |
C1 |
M |
41 |
69 |
172 |
23 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| CG |
C2 |
M |
70 |
70 |
171 |
24 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| CG |
C3 |
M |
63 |
80 |
177 |
26 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| CG |
C4 |
M |
73 |
78 |
170 |
27 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| CG |
C5 |
M |
74 |
69 |
171 |
24 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| CG |
C6 |
M |
54 |
87 |
174 |
29 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
PG |
Mean |
66 |
66 |
164 |
24.6 |
3 |
60.8 |
7.3 |
8 |
|
| Standard deviation |
15 |
6 |
7 |
2.2 |
1 |
9.2 |
1.0 |
3 |
||
|
CG |
Mean |
63 |
76 |
173 |
25.4 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
| Standard deviation |
13 |
7 |
3 |
2.2 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
||
| t-test | p-value | 0.643 | 0.039 | 0.020 | 0.590 | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
Legenda. FAC Functional Ambulation Classification, BI Barthel Index, CNS Canadian Neurological Scale, NA not assessed or not assessable. The last row reports the differences between PG and CG, in bold if statistically significant (p < 0.05).