Table 1.

Patient characteristics

	DLS	LSCS	p value
Age (years)	74.8 ± 1.3	72.9 ± 1.4	0.326
Body weight (kg)	46.6 ± 1.1	53.1 ± 1.9	0.008
Height (m)	1.51 ± 0.01	1.49 ± 0.01	0.391
BMI (kg/m2)	20.3 ± 0.5	23.8 ± 0.6	0.0004
BMD	0.962 ± 0.033	0.949 ± 0.013	0.703
Lean mass arm (kg)	2.82 ± 0.11	3.34 ± 0.10	0.003
Lean mass leg (kg)	9.88 ± 0.20	10.58 ± 0.38	0.201
Lean mass trunk (kg)	1.58 ± 0.32	1.69 ± 0.45	0.053
Appendicular lean mass (kg)	12.71 ± 0.35	13.93 ± 0.47	0.079
Total lean mass (kg)	29.59 ± 1.98	34.27 ± 0.94	0.021