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. 2015 Mar 18;308(10):R847–R854. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00010.2015

Table 1.

Subject characteristics

Younger Older
Number of subjects 14 15
Age, yr 30 ± 4 69 ± 5*
Sex (male/female) 6/8 5/10
Height, m 1.7 ± 0.2 1.7 ± 0.1
Weight, kg 74.5 ± 19.7 74.0 ± 14.6
Body mass index, kg/m2 25.3 ± 5.4 26.3 ± 4.1
Body surface area, m2 1.9 ± 0.3 1.8 ± 0.2
Handedness (right/left) 13/1 14/1
Montreal Cognitive Assessment scorea 29 ± 1 28 ± 1*
Corrected vision (yes/no) 4/10 10/5
Physical activity (high/moderate/low)b 7/6/1 2/11/2

Values are expressed as means ± SD.

*

Significantly different from younger (P ≤ 0.016).

a

All subjects were within the normal range for their age group [younger: ≥26; older: ≥23; (52, 53)].

b

Stratified according to Craig et al. (9).