Table 2.
Characteristics of participants at baseline.
| Intervention (n = 211) |
Control (n = 211) |
p valuef | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (SDa) | 80.8 (4.3) | 81.3 (4.3) | 0.20 |
| Male, n (%) | 73 (35) | 75 (35) | 0.84 |
| Less than 9 years of education completed | 96 (47) | 99 (50) | 0.49 |
| Cohabiting | 110 (52) | 105 (51) | 0.70 |
| Satisfaction with life, n (%): | 0.55 | ||
| Satisfied | 187 (90) | 185 (89) | |
| Unsatisfied | 11 (6) | 12 (5) | |
| Cannot say | 9 (4) | 12 (6) | |
| HRQoLb: 15Dc score (SD) | 0.82 (0.11) | 0.82 (0.11) | 0.87 |
| BMId (SD) | 26.5 (5.0) | 26.5 (4.9) | 0.62 |
| Current or ex-smoker, n (%) | 45 (22) | 42 (20) | 0.72 |
| Fallen during last 6 months, n (%) | 68 (32) | 54 (26) | 0.14 |
| Exercise ≥30 min at least once per week, n (%) | 149 (71) | 145 (71) | 0.88 |
| Uses a walker, n (%) | 21 (10) | 35 (17) | 0.05 |
| Subjective well-being good to moderate | 176 (83) | 170 (81) | 0.45 |
| 15D usual activities 1–2 | 173 (82) | 172 (82) | 0.90 |
| Charlson comorbidity indexe (SD) | 1.29 (1.3) | 1.44 (1.5) | 0.61 |
| Prescription medications regularly taken | 4.4 (2.6) | 4.5 (2.9) | 0.77 |
a
SD: standard deviation.
b
HRQoL: health-related quality-of-life.
c
Sintonen 2001 [14].
d
BMI: body mass index.
e
Charlson et al. 1987 [28].
f
Differences between groups tested using X2 or Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables and the Mann-Whitney test or permutation test for continuous variables.