Table 2.
Subject background factors
| Item | Group P (n = 26) |
Group A (n = 28) |
p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Age (years) | 54.4 | 6.0 | 56 | 5.2 | 0.307 | |
| Sex (male/female) | Males: 13/Females: 13 | Males: 12/Females: 16 | 0.785 | |||
| Height (cm) | 163.85 | 9.04 | 162.38 | 9.2 | 0.557 | |
| Weight (kg) | 59.67 | 13.11 | 61.31 | 12.38 | 0.638 | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 22 | 3.09 | 23.09 | 3.04 | 0.197 | |
| Systolic BP (mmHg) | 123.3 | 17.9 | 124.1 | 18.5 | 0.878 | |
| Diastolic BP (mmHg) | 74.5 | 13.1 | 74.1 | 11.8 | 0.900 | |
| Heart rate (bpm) | 71.2 | 8.9 | 68.3 | 10.1 | 0.280 | |
| HDS-R score (points) | 28.6 | 1.2 | 28.5 | 2.2 | 0.816 | |
Inter-group comparisons with group P (sex: chi-square test; items other than sex: 2-sample t test).
BP, blood pressure; bpm, beats per minutes; HDS-R, physical tests and the Hasegawa Dementia Scale-Revised.