Table 2.

Characteristics of the participants.

	Ving Tsun group (n = 24)	Control group (n = 18)	P
Age, years	68.5 ± 6.7	72.0 ± 6.7	0.106
Sex, n	6 male/18 female	1 male/17 female	0.094
Body weight, kg	60.4 ± 10.7	49.4 ± 10.1	0.002∗
Body height, cm	158.1 ± 7.6	150.7 ± 11.4	0.016∗
Body mass index, kgm−2	24.0 ± 3.1	21.7 ± 3.6	0.028∗
Physical activity level, MET hours per week	8.5 ± 4.9	6.6 ± 5.4	0.238
Arm length, cm	66.8 ± 4.3	64.4 ± 4.7	0.091
Resting systolic and diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	130/75	129/71	>0.05
Resting heart rate, bpm	67.5 ± 10.5	70.6 ± 13.5	0.399

Mean ± standard deviation presented unless indicated otherwise.

  ^∗ P < 0.05.