Table 5B.
Subject background factors of subjects in group P and A divided by age 55 years
| Item | <55 years |
≥55 years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group P (n = 14) |
Group A (n = 11) |
p | Group P (n = 12) |
Group A (n = 17) |
p | ||||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||||
| Age (years) | 49.7 | 3.1 | 50.5 | 2.7 | 0.537 | 59.9 | 3.1 | 59.6 | 2.6 | 0.759 | |
| Sex (males/females) | Males: 6/Females: 8 | Males: 3/Females: 8 | 0.677 | Males: 7/Females: 5 | Males: 9/Females: 8 | 1.000 | |||||
| Height (cm) | 161.98 | 9.06 | 161.01 | 6.52 | 0.768 | 166.03 | 8.9 | 163.26 | 10.69 | 0.470 | |
| Weight (kg) | 57.64 | 12.12 | 55.35 | 6.39 | 0.577 | 62.04 | 14.34 | 65.17 | 13.88 | 0.560 | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 21.8 | 3.09 | 21.32 | 1.87 | 0.657 | 22.23 | 3.22 | 24.23 | 3.15 | 0.106 | |
| Systolic pressure (mmHg) | 114 | 16 | 111.6 | 14.5 | 0.706 | 134.2 | 13.6 | 132.1 | 16.5 | 0.727 | |
| Diastolic pressure (mmHg) | 68.4 | 11.5 | 68.4 | 11.6 | 0.999 | 81.7 | 11.4 | 77.8 | 10.6 | 0.352 | |
| Heart rate (bpm) | 68.1 | 6.2 | 65.6 | 9.1 | 0.421 | 74.7 | 10.4 | 70.1 | 10.6 | 0.255 | |
| HDS-R score (points) | 28.9 | 1.0 | 29.2 | 0.8 | 0.389 | 28.3 | 1.4 | 28.1 | 2.7 | 0.753 | |
Inter-group comparisons with group P (sex: chi-square test; items other than sex: 2-sample t test).
bpm, beats per minutes; HDS-R, physical tests and the Hasegawa Dementia Scale-Revised.