Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of participants (mean ± SD).

	Control	Land walking	Water walking
	(n = 23:6M, 17F)	(n = 23:6M, 17F)	(n = 25:7M, 18F)
Age (year)	62.1 ± 7.0	62.7 ± 7.0	62.6 ± 6.7
Height (cm)	167.8 ± 9.6	165.1 ± 8.0	166.9 ± 7.2
Body mass (kg)	73.8 ± 13.6	74.4 ± 11.1	76.8 ± 19.8
BMI (kg/m2)	26.2 ± 4.1	27.3 ± 3.4	27.3 ± 5.6

Note: No significant differences were found between groups; n = 71 overall.

Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; F = female; M = male.