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. 2020 May 6;12:29. doi: 10.1186/s13102-020-00178-9

Table 2.

Descriptive and comparative data of skeletal muscle strength and mobility characteristics of older man and women (n = 94) from Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Variables / Groups M SD Min Max Range 95% CI Normality test
LL UL Value p
Estimation of 1RM for bilateral knee extension (kg)
 ♀ nSc 41.89 16.15 8.73 81.51 72.78 37.68 46.10 0.107k-s 0.088
 ♀ Sc 30.32 7.40 20.96 39.29 18.34 22.55 38.08 0.879s-w 0.263
 ♂ nSc 71.06 25.55 36.98 151.37 114.39 60.27 81.85 0.907s-w 0.031
 ♂ Sc 50.89 17.65 28.58 65.04 36.47 22.81 78.97 0.864s-w 0.275
No. of repetitions
 ♀ nSc 6.51 2.47 1.00 10.00 9.00 5.87 7.15 0.187k-s < 0.001
 ♀ Sc 7.67 1.63 5.00 10.00 5.00 5.95 9.38 0.916s-w 0.480
 ♂ nSc 7.33 2.32 3.00 10.00 7.00 6.36 8.31 0.892s-w 0.015
 ♂ Sc 7.25 2.22 4.00 9.00 5.00 3.72 10.78 0.801s-w 0.103
Peak torque at 60°/s for unilateral knee extension (Nm)
 ♀ nSc 73.66 26.65 19.50 150.20 130.70 66.72 80.61 0.075k-s 0.200
 ♀ Sc 68.47 18.28 50.20 97.90 47.70 49.28 87.65 0.911s-w 0.441
 ♂ nSc 124.30 47.09 49.20 240.40 191.20 104.41 144.18 0.938s-w 0.148
 ♂ Sc 92.88 36.33 44.30 130.90 86.60 35.06 150.69 0.966s-w 0.818
Handgrip strength (kg)
 ♀ nSc 24.47 4.39 12.00 33.00 21.00 23.33 25.62 0.118k-s 0.040
 ♀ Sc 20.00 3.16 17.00 20.00 9.00 16.68 23.32 0.829s-w 0.104
 ♂ nSc 38.21 8.40 18.00 56.00 38.00 34.66 41.75 0.975s-w 0.778
 ♂ Sc 27.25 1.89 26.00 30.00 4.00 24.24 30.26 0.791s-w 0.086
Usual walking speed (m/s)
 ♀ nSc 1.23 0.36 0.63 2.51 1.88 1.14 1.33 0.118k-s 0.039
 ♀ Sc 1.17 0.28 0.76 1.48 0.72 0.88 1.46 0.940s-w 0.656
 ♂ nSc 1.30 0.33 0.80 2.40 1.60 1.16 1.44 0.881s-w 0.009
 ♂ Sc 1.22 0.25 0.99 1.57 0.58 0.83 1.61 0.895s-w 0.409

Note. CI confidence interval, LL lower limit, UL upper limit, ♀ nSc non-sarcopenic women, ♀ Sc sarcopenic women, ♂ nSc non-sarcopenic men, ♂ Sc sarcopenic men; *: p < 0.05 vs ♀ nSc; †: p < 0.05 vs ♂ nSc; ¥: p < 0.05 vs ♂ Sc; k-s: Kolmogorov-Smirnov; s-k: Shapiro-Wilk, 1RM one-repetition maximum