Table 2.

Descriptive data (means ± standard deviations) and ANOVA results (F and p values) regarding the between-group comparisons during the performance of the six-minute walking and stair climb tests.

Variable	Limited-community walkers (n = 8)	Community walkers (n = 10)	Healthy controls (n = 18)	F (p) values
Energy expenditure (mL kg−1 min−1)
6MWT	8.99 ± 2.19a	10.99 ± 2.45a	17.51 ± 6.08b	11.39 (<0.0001)
SCT	11.24 ± 3.10a	16.10 ± 3.50a	22.73 ± 5.96b	15.94 (<0.0001)
Energy cost (mL kg−1 m−1)
6MWT	0.35 ± 0.25a	0.16 ± 0.03b	0.18 ± 0.04b	6.92 (<0.0001)
SCT	0.64 ± 0.15a	0.51 ± 0.09b	0.17 ± 0.08c	61.92 (<0.0001)

6MWT, six-minute walking test; SCT, stair climb test; ANOVA, analyses of variance. For each row, different letters indicate significant differences between the groups (p < 0.05).