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. 2014 Dec 30;14:145. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-14-145

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of older adults

Variable Women (n = 12) Men (n = 8) t p
Age 69.25 ± 3.08 75.13 ± 6.79 2.642 .02
Weight (kg) 64.69 ± 11.43 87.60 ± 6.10 5.168 .00
Height (cm) 61.67 ± 5.00 69.28 ± 1.58 4.135 .00
Body fat (%) 38.44 ± 6.95 31.70 ± 5.78 -2.266 .04
Tendo (W/kg) 8.28 ± 2.10 7.72 ± 2.59 -0.534 .60
COM (W/kg) 6.11 ± 0.97 7.29 ± 1.64 2.038 .06

Note. Tendo = power (W) relative to body weight (kg) as measured by Tendo Weightlifting Analyzer; COM = center of mass. Results are reported as means ± SD. α = .05.