Table 2. Characterization of the elderly population living in nursing homes according gender and age, Brazil, 2014.
| Total | Male | Female | 60 to 69 years | 70 to 79 years | Up to 80 years | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | μ (σ) |
n | μ (σ) |
n | μ (σ) |
n | μ (σ) |
n | μ (σ) |
n | μ (σ) |
|
| Agea,b | 168 | 79,9 (8,7) | 39 | 76,0 (8,4) |
129 | 81,1 (8,5) |
23 | 65,5c (2,5) |
52 | 74,9d (3,1) |
93 | 86,3e (4,9) |
| Heighta,b | 168 | 150,4 (9,0) | 39 | 159,4 (9,0) |
129 | 147,6 (7,0) |
23 | 153,6c (8,1) |
52 | 152,4c,d (9,6) |
93 | 148,4e (8,5) |
| Knee heighta | 168 | 47,7 (2,9) | 39 | 50,3 (1,7) |
129 | 46,9 (2,3) |
23 | 47,9 (3,1) |
52 | 48,1 (3,1) |
93 | 47,4 (2,6) |
| Ulna lenghta | 161 | 25,3 (1,7) | 37 | 26,7 (5,7) |
124 | 24,9 (1,5) |
21 | 25,3 (1,9) |
51 | 25,5 (1,8) |
89 | 25,3 (1,6) |
| Half arm spana | 151 | 77,2 (5,6) |
36 | 81,7 (5,7) |
115 | 75,8 (4,7) |
18 | 78,8 (4,8) |
49 | 77,5 (5,9) |
84 | 76,6 (5,5) |
| Demi spana | 151 | 70,0 (5,2) |
36 | 73,8 (5,0) |
115 | 68,8 (4,7) |
18 | 71,3 (4,4) |
49 | 70,2 (5,5) |
84 | 69,5 (5,2) |
a: Statistically significant p-value for t-test of mean difference between males and females;
b: Statistically significant p-value for ANOVA between age groups.
c,d,e: Bonferroni post-hoc test between age groups. Same letters indicate that there was no difference statistically significant between age. Different letters indicate that there was a statistically significant difference by the Bonferroni post-hoc test.