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. 2014 Jun 1;17(3):276–284. doi: 10.1089/rej.2013.1491

Table 1B.

Participants' Baseline Characteristics by SPPB Score Categories in Males (the Pro.V.A. Study)

  SPPB score 0–6 (n=197) SPPB score 7–9 (n=254) SPPB score 10–12 (n=665) Age-adjusted p value
Age (years) 82.43 (7.46) 78.61 (7.10) 72.80 (6.04) <0.001a
BMI (kg/m2) 26.61 (4.17) 26.69 (4.16) 26.95 (3.60) 0.02
Medical conditions
 Cognitive impairment (%) 15.2 4.3 0.9 <0.001
 Diabetes (%) 14.2 16.1 14.4 0.56
 CVD (%) 38.1 34.3 21.2 <0.001
 COPD (%) 24.4 21.7 10.1 <0.001
 Cancer (%) 13.7 7.5 7.5 0.10
 Depression (%) 48.7 33.1 18.2 <0.001
 Musculoskeletal disease (%) 53.8 39.0 27.1 <0.001
 Orthostatic hypotension (%) 41.4 31.0 23.7 <0.001
 Visual impairment (%) 36.6 26.0 23.6 0.05
Regular physical activity (%) 18.3 38.6 38.8 <0.001
Number of drugs taken 3.45 (2.20) 2.89 (2.25) 1.97 (1.88) <0.001
Alcohol drinking (%) 78.2 82.7 87.2 0.004
Current smokers (%) 9.6 18.9 18.2 0.44
25OHD (nmol/L) 79.01 (52.20) 91.15 (60.48) 115.07 (62.79) <0.001
PTH (ng/L) 42.13 (22.03) 42.57 (30.78) 35.11 (18.02) 0.48
ADL disability (%) 34.5 3.5 0.3 <0.001
SPPB (0–12) 3.32 (2.18) 8.09 (0.81) 11.07 (0.74) <0.001
 Gait speed (meters/sec) 0.54 (0.17) 0.76 (0.15) 0.92 (0.16) <0.001
 5 timed chair stands (sec) 21.47 (19.29) 14.19 (3.51) 10.16 (7.88) <0.001
 Full tandem test (sec) 5.68 (3.66) 8.01 (3.10) 9.78 (1.08) <0.001
Falls items
 Fear of falling (%) 37.3 29.6 33 <0.001
 Recurrent fallers (%) 23.2 13.6 7.9 <0.001

Numbers are mean values (and standard deviations) or percentages (%), as appropriate.

a

Not adjusted for age. Unless otherwise specified, p values are based on an age-adjusted general linear model or logistic regression, as appropriate.

Pro.V.A. Study, Progetto Veneto Anziani Study; SPPB, Short Physical Performance Battery; BMI, body mass index; CVD, cardiovascular diseases; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; 25OHD, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D; PTH, parathyroid hormone; ADL, activities of daily living.