Table 1.
Characteristics of the patients (mean ± SD).
| Patients | Controls | Patients vs. Controls | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Females n = 17 |
Males n = 42 |
Females vs. Males |
Females n = 42 |
Males n = 18 |
Females vs. Males | Females | Males |
| Age [y] | 68.5 ± 7.4 | 66.4 ± 8.5 | 0.387 | 68.9 ± 4.7 | 73.9 ± 5.5 | <0.01 | 0.349 | <0.01 |
| Height [cm] | 158.7 ± 5.4 | 171.6 ± 7.1 | <0.001 | 160.6 ± 4.7 | 168.5 ± 4.7 | <0.0001 | 0.197 | 0.077 |
| Weight [kg] | 66.4 ± 11.0 | 82.3 ± 13.0 | <0.001 | 66.1 ± 6.7 | 80.0 ± 8.4 | <0.001 | 0.902 | 0.051 |
| BMI [kg/m2] | 26.3 ± 4.0 | 27.9 ± 3.5 | 0.159 | 25.8 ± 2.7 | 27.9 ± 2.6 | <0.5 | 0.644 | 0.921 |
| Diabetes, n (%) | 7 (41.2) | 13 (30.9) | - | 3 (7.1) | 4 (22.2) | - | - | - |
| SBP [mmHg] | 134 ± 15 | 138 ± 15 | 0.414 | 129 ± 15 | 133 ± 13 | 0.421 | 0.371 | 0.220 |
| DBP [mmHg] | 78 ± 7 | 80 ± 8 | 0.436 | 78 ± 10 | 81 ± 9 | 0.175 | 0.628 | 0.543 |
| 6MWT [m] | 328 ± 62 | 371 ± 63 | <0.05 | 502 ± 66 | 504 ± 57 | 0.824 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
| Gait speed [m/s] | 0.91 ± 0.17 | 1.03 ± 0.18 | <0.05 | 1.39 ± 0.18 | 1.40 ± 0.16 | 0.824 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, 6MWT 6-min walk test. The measurements in groups are compared by the one-way ANOVA or the Mann-Whitney non-parametric test (if the normality assumption is violated).