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. 2021 Oct 15;9:e12292. doi: 10.7717/peerj.12292

Table 1. Comparison of measurements at baseline and physical activity levels during the 13-week study period and between the non-LS and LS populations.

All Non-LS LS p
N (% men) 70 (20.0%) 47 (23.4%) 23 (13.0%)
Age (y) 74.71 (5.26) 73.94 (5.12) 76.30 (5.30) 0.077
Years of education (y) 12.27 (2.35) 12.43 (2.33) 11.96 (2.40) 0.436
BMI (kg/m2) 22.88 (2.89) 22.80 (2.77) 23.03 (3.17) 0.765
SMI (kg/m2) 6.00 (0.90) 6.07 (0.89) 5.85 (0.92) 0.333
GDS-15 (points) 2.97 (2.54) 2.64 (2.63) 3.65 (2.25) 0.118
ACE-R score (points) 90.37 (8.15) 91.28 (7.29) 88.52 (9.58) 0.186
Locomo 25 score (points) 7.63 (8.68) 2.74 (1.80) 17.61 (8.63) <0.0001
Exercise
7 days/week
18.6% 21.3% 13.0% 0.804
5–6 days/week 4.3% 4.3% 4.3%
1–4 days/week 60.0% 59.6% 60.9%
0 days/week 17.1% 14.9% 21.7%

Notes:

All values are shown as mean (standard deviation) or prevalence (percentage).

Non-LS, Non-locomotive syndrome; LS, Locomotive syndrome; BMI, Body mass index; SMI, Skeletal muscle mass index; GDS-15, Geriatric Depression Scale-15; ACE-R, Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination-Revised.