Table 1.

Participants’ baseline characteristics^a.

	Obese (N = 25)		Non-Obese (N = 14)		P
Age, years	67.76 (5.50)		71.28 (6.82)		0.087
Body weight, kg	72.00 (10.32)†		58.80 (8.55)		0.001
Height, m	1.55 (0.05)		1.54 (0.06)		0.567
BMI, kg/m2	29.55 (3.38)†		24.56 (3.41)		0.001
Disease	Yes	No	Yes	No	X 2
Diabetes mellitus type 2	2 (8)	23 (92)	3 (21.4)	11 (78.6)	0.221
Hypertension	19 (76)	6 (24)	8 (57.1)	6 (42.9)	0.229

Note:

^aValues are expressed as means ± DP and frequency and percentage values. X² = qui-square. BMI = body mass index;

^†Significantly different between groups (p < 0.05).