Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of older adults with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Values are means ± SD or % of the group.
| CNC RT (n =28) |
ECC RT (n =30) |
CON (n =32) |
p (sig) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (yr) | 69.5 ± 6.5 | 66.8 ± 5.4 | 68.6 ± 7.2 | 0.287 |
| Body mass (kg) | 92.7 ± 19.7 | 79.5 ± 20.7 | 86.8 ± 19.7 | 0.203 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 32.8 ± 7.4 | 28.7 ± 6.6 | 30.1 ± 6.2 | 0.069 |
| Fat-free mass (%) | 57.3 ± 11.8 | 61.0 ± 9.6 | 61.7 ± 10.8 | 0.486 |
| Sex (%) | ||||
| Female | 67.0 | 70.0 | 66.0 | |
| Male | 33.0 | 30.0 | 34.0 | 0.381 |
| Race/Ethnicity (#, %) | ||||
| White | 85.0 | 93.0 | 81.0 | |
| African-American | 11.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | |
| Other | 4.0 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 0.439 |
| Work status (%) | ||||
| Working | 40.0 | 23.0 | 34.0 | |
| Not working | 4.0 | 7.0 | 13.0 | |
| Retired | 52.0 | 70.0 | 50.0 | |
| Disabled | 4.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.981 |
| Duration of pain, median [Q1–Q3] | 4.5 [2–11] | 10 [2.75–20] | 5 [2–10] | 0.150 |
| Location of knee pain (%) | ||||
| Left | 18.0 | 20.0 | 9.0 | |
| Right | 15.0 | 17.0 | 28.0 | |
| Both | 67.0 | 63.0 | 63.0 | |
| Pain Medications (#) | 1.0 ± 0.5 | 0.9 ± 0.5 | 1.1 ± 1.1 | 0.863 |