Table 1.
Overall characteristics of the Smart Walk program participants by the Cardiovascular Health Study frailty index.
| Variables | Robust (n=11) | Prefrail (n=11) | Total (N=22) | P value |
| Age, mean (SD) | 68.636 (1.85) | 72.546 (4.298) | 70.591 (3.801) | .03 |
| Gender (male), n (%) | 8 (73) | 6 (55) | 14 (64) | .66 |
| Education level, mean (SD) | 11.546 (4.22) | 10.455 (5.3) | 11 (4.711) | .66 |
| Living alone, % | 0 (0) | 2 (18) | 2 (9) | .48 |
| Frailty index, mean (SD) | 0.075 (0.04) | 0.171 (0.085) | 0.123 (0.083) | .005 |
| Multimorbidity, % | 0.099 (0.11) | 0.141 (0.094) | 0.12 (0.106) | .16 |
| Cognition: MMSEa score, mean (SD) | 28.818 (0.60) | 27.909 (1.814) | 28.364 (1.399) | .25 |
| Mood: CES-Db score, mean (SD) | 2.091 (2.73) | 4.818 (4.262) | 3.455 (3.764) | .09 |
| Body mass index, mean (SD) | 24.269 (2.74) | 25.416 (3.478) | 24.842 (3.115) | .95 |
| At risk of malnutrition: MNA-SFc, % | 1 (9) | 2 (18) | 3 (14) | >.99 |
| Short Physical Performance Battery score, mean (SD) | 11.818 (0.40) | 10.546 (0.934) | 11.182 (0.958) | <.001 |
| Dominant grip strength, mean (SD) | 35.673 (9.01) | 28.309 (7.99) | 31.991 (9.125) | .13 |
| Fall in the past year, % | 0 (0) | 3 (27) | 3 (14) | .21 |
aMMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination.
bCES-D: Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression.
cMNA-SF: Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form.