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. 2020 Jun 14;11(6):1602–1611. doi: 10.1111/jdi.13291

Table 2.

Characteristics of male and female patients according to the presence or absence of locomotive syndrome in the stand‐up test or two‐step test

Locomotive syndrome Stand‐up test P Two‐step test P
n Stage 1 Stage 2 No Stage 1 Stage 2
Male patients
n 61 41 13 33 81 1
Age (years) 63 (48–68) 71 (64.5–75) 74 (60–82) <0.001 63 (48–68) 69 (58.5–74) 60 0.008
Body mass index (kg/m2) 24.1 (22.0–26.3) 23.4 (21.8–25.4) 24.0 (20.4–25.5) 0.788 23.8 (21.1–27.3) 23.5 (22.0–25.9) 24.5 0.873
Skeletal mass index (kg/m2) 7.74 (7.01–8.07) 7.20 (6.72–7.88) 7.12 (6.23–8.56) 0.056 7.74 (7.30–8.29) 7.31 (6.79–7.99) 7.12 0.110
Grip strength (kg) 39.5 (33.6–44.8) 34.0 (29.3–40.0) 28.3 (22.3–30.8) <0.001 40.0 (34.3–44.8) 34.0 (29.4–40.1) 19.5 0.003
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 129 (121–142) 135 (128–145) 130 (126–146) 0.462 129 (121–141) 134 (125–145) 126 0.512
vDiastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 80 (75–89) 77 (69–86) 77 (74–82) 0.456 79 (73–85.5) 79 (71–87) 82 0.921
Hemoglobin A1c (%) 7.7 (6.9–9.0) 7.4 (6.8–8.7) 7.2 (6.7–8.2) 0.651 7.5 (6.8–8.7) 7.4 (6.8–8.8) 7.3 0.960
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 196.5 (171.5–216) 181 (159–204) 176 (149.5–200.8) 0.091 183 (173.5–209) 187 (163–213.5) 154 0.487
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 127 (80.5–182.5) 106 (77–165) 106 (77–177.8) 0.333 177 (77–166) 113 (80–181) 183 0.489
Creatinine (mg/dL) 0.88 (0.76–1.04) 0.80 (0.68–1.07) 0.94 (0.65–1.11) 0.296 0.88 (0.78–1.05) 0.83 (0.71–1.07) 0.69 0.380
Urinary albumin excretion (mg/g Cr) 17.4 (7.33–40.3) 19.8 (8.95–115.1) 314.9 (17.1–983.2) 0.024 11.5 (7.30–55.6) 21.7 (9.30–112.8) 66.8 0.178
Smoking (never/previous/current) 32/16/13 23/12/6 11/2/0 0.035 17/10/6 23/12/6 1/0/0 0.008
Drinking (never/social/everyday) 56/1/4 39/1/1 13/0/0 0.118 30/1/3 77/2/2 1/0/0 0.031
Antidiabetic drug (−/+) 23/38 5/36 2/11 0.073 10/23 20/61 0/1 0.007
Antihypertensive drug (−/+) 42/19 22/19 2/11 0.086 23/10 43/38 0/1 0.0283
Antihyperlipidemic drug (−/+) 49/12 33/8 9/4 0.007 26/7 65/16 0/1 0.027
Drug for treatment of osteoporosis (−/+) 60/1 40/1 13/0 0.028 33/0 79/2 1/0 0.070
Diabetic retinopathy (−/+) 57/4 37/3 13/0 0.173 31/2 76/5 1/0 0.047
Diabetic nephropathy (−/+) 51/10 32/9 6/7 0.083 30/3 59/22 1/0 0.067
Diabetic neuropathy (−/+) 56/5 35/6 12/1 0.015 32/1 70/11 1/0 0.047
Cardiovascular disease (−/+) 57/4 36/5 8/5 0.148 31/2 70/11 1/0 0.937
Female patients
n 51 40 24 15 94 5
Age (years) 57 (49–68) 68 (62–75) 72 (64–80) <0.001 61 (51–69) 66 (53–74) 66 (60–78) 0.263
Body mass index (kg/m2) 25.0 (21.6–27.9) 24.3 (21.1–27.5) 26.7 (22.9–32.1) 0.198 25.2 (23.0–26.8) 24.8 (21.1–28.0) 34.3 (24.1–35.7) 0.163
Skeletal mass index (kg/m2) 6.48 (5.87–7.06) 6.14 (5.62–6.99) 6.61 (5.62–7.14) 0.613 6.42 (5.87–6.88) 6.34 (5.66–7.07) 6.87 (5.93–8.15) 0.507
Grip strength (kg) 26.5 (23.0–30.3) 20.0 (18.0–24.0) 20.0 (15.9–23.1) <0.001 25.8 (19.8–30.0) 22.5 (19.0–27.0) 20.0 (18.5–22.3) 0.167
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 133 (117–140) 135 (128–147) 137 (130–143) 0.287 134 (120–149) 134 (125–142) 137 (132–147) 0.600
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 78 (72–86) 80 (69–85) 83 (70–87) 0.759 79 (73–85.5) 79 (71–87) 82 0.188
Hemoglobin A1c (%) 6.9 (6.4–7.7) 7.3 (6.5–8.6) 7.2 (6.5–8.2) 0.420 6.9 (6.3–7.4) 7.2 (6.5–8.2) 7.2 (6.5–8.7) 0.558
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 213 (195–237) 200 (178–225) 193 (177–216) 0.041 207 (187–220) 210 (182–231) 178 (166–211) 0.287
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 136 (85–171) 118 (71–142) 123 (87–152) 0.149 142 (107–178) 124 (76–155) 111 (76–195) 0.302
Creatinine (mg/dL) 0.63 (0.56–0.70) 0.64 (0.57–0.70) 0.66 (0.54–0.73) 0.582 0.64 (0.57–0.68) 0.63 (0.56–0.70) 0.72 (0.48–0.84) 0.760
Urinary albumin excretion (mg/g Cr) 14.0 (8.78–34.5) 19.6 (13.4–63.3) 41.2 (17.4–96.3) 0.001 11.0 (8.1–23.6) 20.8 (13–46.1) 35.9 (18.1–497.2) 0.036
Smoking (never/previous/current) 47/4/0 36/2/2 20/3/1 0.052 13/2/0 85/7/2 4/0/1 0.051
Drinking (never/social/everyday) 48/2/1 39/0/1 24/0/0 0.106 15/0/0 90/2/2 5/0/0 0.039
Antidiabetic drug 18/33 9/31 1/23 0.082 5/10 23/71 0/5 0.027
Antihypertensive drug 31/20 27/13 8/16 0.048 10/5 55/39 0/5 0.059
Antihyperlipidemic drug 36/15 30/10 14/10 0.014 8/7 72/22 0/5 0.115
Drug for treatment of osteoporosis (−/+) 48/3 40/0 23/1 0.104 14/1 91/3 5/0 0.021
Diabetic retinopathy (−/+) 48/3 36/4 19/5 0.055 12/3 87/7 3/2 0.097
Diabetic nephropathy (−/+) 43/8 30/10 16/8 0.044 14/1 72/22 2/3 0.049
Diabetic neuropathy (−/+) 44/7 31/9 23/1 0.048 12/3 80/14 5/0 0.020
Cardiovascular disease (−/+) 49/2 36/4 24/0 0.145 13/2 90/4 5/0 0.039

Data are expressed as the mean (standard deviation) or absolute number. The P‐value of the Kruskal–Wallis test for continuous variables and χ2‐test for categorical variables are shown.