Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of participants
| Gender, n | |
| M/F | 54/54 |
| Age | |
| mean±SD (range), years | 83.7±3.2 (80 – 92) |
| 80–84/85 – , n | 71/37 |
| Height, mean±SD, cm | |
| M/F | 159±7.1/144±5.9 |
| BMI, mean±SD, kg/m2 | |
| M/F | 21.0±3.8 /21.3±3.2 |
| ≧25.0 (≧30), M/F, n | 4/6 (1/1) |
| Katz Index a), no | |
| A/B/C/D/E/F/G/Other | 72/11/7/5/6/3/3/1 |
| Performance Status b), n | |
| 0/1/2/3/4 | 44/38/16/9/1 |
| MMSE, n | |
| 25–30/21–24/≦20 | 68/23/14 |
| (Three patients were excluded from this examination) |
a) Katz Index ranks adequacy of performance in the six functions of bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring, continence, and feeding. A: Independent in feeding, continence, transferring, toileting, dressing, and bathing. B: Independent in all but one of those functions. C: Independent in all but bathing and one additional function. D: Independent in all but bathing, dressing and one additional function. E: Independent in all but bathing, dressing, toileting, and one additional function. F: Independent in all but bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring, and one additional function. G: Dependent in all six functions.
b) Performance status index defined by the Japanese Society for Cancer Therapy,24) the same as defined by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group25); 0: asymptomatic; 1: symptomatic but completely ambulatory; 2: symptomatic, <50% in bed during the day,; 3: symptomatic, >50% in bed, but not bedridden; 4: bedridden; 5: dead.