Table 1.

Participants’ demographic and clinical characteristics.

Measures	DPN (n=38)	CON (n=33)	P-value
Women, N	18	20	0.265
Age, years	72.6 (5.6)	77.9 (8.2)	0.005^*
BMI, kg/m²	31.63 (6.07)	27.05 (4.23)	0.002^*
Activity level (BI), 0–100	95.1 (6.0)	95.8 (15.7)	0.024^*
Moderate disability in activities (BI ≤ 75), N	1	0	0.328
Concern for fall (FES-I), 4–64	33.4 (14.4)	22.8 (8.7)	< 0.001^*
High concern for fall (FES-I ≥ 28), N	20	5	0.001^*
Number of fallers in the last 12 months, N	9	0	< 0.001^*
Number of falls in the last 12 months	0.7 (1.2)	0.0 (0.0)	0.001^*

Note: Values in parentheses represent standard deviations.

Abbreviations denote the following: DPN = Older adults with diabetic peripheral neuropathy; CON = Control older adults; BMI = Body-mass index; BI = Barthel Index of Activities of Daily Living; FES-I = Falls Efficacy Scale International.

Asterisks denote significant differences between the DPN and CON groups.

P < 0.05.