Table 1.

Mean (standard deviation) anthropometrical and MMSE data relative to the participants.

	Elderly F	Elderly NF
Number of subjects	20	24
Number of women	15	14
Right-shooters	16	20
Age [years]	76.0 (3.9)	74.2 (3.9)
Age range [years]	70–82	70–82
Height [m]	1.61 (0.10)	1.64 (0.09)
Weight [kg]	68.6 (12.2)	65.3 (11.9)
BMI [kg.m-2]	26.5 (3.7)	24.2 (3.5)
MMSE [score]	28.7 (1.4)	28.9 (1.0)

No statistical difference (using a T-test) was seen between the two groups. BMI, Body Mass Index; MMSE, Mini Mental State Examination.