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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gait Posture. 2017 Jan 10;53:55–60. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2017.01.007

Table 1.

Participant descriptive characteristics.

Normal weight Overweight P
Age (yr) 74.1 ± 4.3 (66 – 81) 69.8 ± 4.1 (65 – 76) 0.021
Mass (kg) 57.8 ± 4.1 (49.4 – 63.5) 70.6 ± 6.9 (61.9 – 86.1) < 0.001
Height (m) 1.63 ± 0.04 (1.56 – 1.69) 1.58 ± 0.07 (1.52 – 1.73) 0.058
Body Mass Index (kg m−2) 21.8 ± 1.9 (17.8 – 24.8) 28.4 ± 2.0 (25.6 – 33.3) < 0.001
Percent Body Fat (%) 30.1 ± 9.0 (17.3 – 45.8) 43.5 ± 3.6 (37.7 – 48.0) < 0.001
RAPA Aerobic Score 5.6 ± 1.4 (3 – 7) 5.1 ± 1.6 (3 – 7) 0.413
RAPA Strength Score 2.3 ± 1.2 (0 – 3) 1.5 ± 1.2 (0 – 3) 0.118
Maximal Walking Speed (m s−1) 1.54 ± 0.25 (1.00 – 1.86) 1.26 ± 0.19 (1.03 – 1.53) 0.007

Values are mean ± SD (range)

RAPA = Rapid Assessment of Physical Activity, maximum score of 7 for aerobic activities and 3 for strengthening activities.