Table 1.
Characteristics of anthropometric measurements and SOS of participants to age clusters.
| Age group | n | Height (cm) | Weight (kg) | Body mass index (g/cm2) |
Fat free mass (kg) |
Total muscle mass (kg) |
Total fat mass (kg) |
Pct. body fat (%) |
Calcaneus speed of sound (m/s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | |||||||||
| Age | |||||||||
| <50 | 9 | 171.9 (8.1) | 70.3 (8.5) | 24.0 (2.6) | 58.3 (4.9) | 55.2 (4.6) | 12.6 (5.8) | 17.4 (6.4) | 1503.2 (21.8) |
| 50–59 | 10 | 169.4 (2.2) | 67.3 (4.9) | 23.6 (1.6) | 55.7 (4.0) | 52.8 (3.8) | 12.2 (4.1) | 17.7 (5.1) | 1504.8 (25.7) |
| 60–69 | 18 | 166.7 (6.7) | 68.6 (10.2) | 24.4 (2.9) | 54.6 (5.3) | 51.8 (5.0) | 14.0 (6.0) | 19.7 (5.3) | 1490.6 (27.6) |
| 70–79 | 21 | 159.9 (4.3)a,b,c | 59.9 (6.5)a,c | 23.7 (2.0) | 47.8 (4.3)a,b,c | 45.4 (4.1)a,b,c | 12.8 (4.3) | 20.8 (5.3) | 1510.5 (34.8) |
| 80– | 11 | 160.1 (3.8)a,b | 56.7 (6.4)a,c | 22.2 (2.2) | 46.9 (5.6)a,b,c | 44.4 (5.3)a,b,c | 10.1 (5.2) | 17.5 (8.0) | 1510.5 (44.7) |
| Total | 69 | 164.6 (7.1) | 64.1 (9.1) | 23.7 (2.3) | 51.3 (6.3) | 48.6 (6.0) | 12.6 (5.0) | 19.8 (5.9) | 1503.5 (32.4) |
| Women | |||||||||
| <50 | 24 | 157.0 (5.3) | 53.6 (6.8) | 21.9 (2.9) | 38.7 (3.0) | 36.5 (2.7) | 15.3 (5.1) | 27.7 (6.3) | 1497.0 (27.5) |
| 50–59 | 31 | 155.0 (6.7) | 56.6 (11.0) | 23.6 (4.4) | 38.4 (3.8) | 36.2 (3.5) | 18.5 (8.5) | 31.2 (7.9) | 1494.0 (27.6) |
| 60–69 | 45 | 152.0 (6.4) | 52.9 (8.9) | 23.1 (3.3) | 36.8 (3.6) | 34.7 (3.3) | 16.4 (6.5) | 29.8 (7.3) | 1499.8 (33.0) |
| 70–79 | 33 | 149.6 (5.8)a,b | 52.0 (8.7) | 23.4 (3.5) | 35.3 (3.1)a,b | 33.4 (2.9)a,b | 16.6 (7.2) | 30.8 (8.1) | 1504.7 (39.1) |
| 80– | 12 | 147.6 (8.9)a,b | 48.1 (6.9) | 23.5 (2.9) | 31.8 (2.6)a,b,c | 30.2 (2.4)a,b,c | 16.4 (5.2) | 33.3 (6.2) | 1493.4 (16.0) |
| Total | 145 | 152.7 (7.0) | 53.1 (9.0) | 23.1 (3.5) | 36.7 (3.8) | 34.6 (3.5) | 16.7 (6.8) | 30.3 (7.4) | 1498.7 (31.4) |
Mean values are shown with the standard deviation.
SD: standard deviation
a. Significantly different (p< .05) from values of the younger-than-50-years-old age group
b. Significantly different (p< .05) from values of the 50s age group
c. Significantly different (p< .05) from values of the 60s age group
d. Significantly different (p< .05) from values of the 70s age group