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. 2016 Nov 9;16:183. doi: 10.1186/s12877-016-0334-y

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study sample aged 65 years and older participating in the ELANE study (N = 276)

			T0	T1
	Sex	(% women)	48.2
	Mean age	(years)	74.6 ± 6.7
	Disabilities (range 0–8)	(% one or more)	33.3	36.6
		(mean)	0.7 ± 1.4	0.8 ± 1.3
MVPA exercise^a	Participation	(% yes)	46.4	42.4
	Mean duration	(hours in 2 weeks)	2.4 ± 4.6	2.1 ± 4.9**
	Mean intensity ^b	(METs)	2.7 ± 3.1	2.3 ± 2.9**
	Mean energy expenditure	(MET-hours in 2 weeks)	14.1 ± 32.8	11.7 ± 30.1**

**p < 0.001

^aall MVPA means are among the total study population

^bmean score of T0 and T1 (in case participants participated in two different types of exercise, highest METs of both was used)