Table 2.
Group characteristics of the study group divided by sex and age.
| Characteristics | Female (n = 55) | Male (n = 169) | p-Value * | MD (95% CI) |
<65 (n = 124) | ≥65 (n = 100) | p-Value * | MD (95% CI) |
Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |||||
| Age | 62.49 | 11.49 | 62.76 | 10.90 | 0.98 | −0.27 (−3.65; 3.11) |
NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 62.69 | 11.02 |
| Body mass (kg) | 52.73 | 12.58 | 62.64 | 12.77 | <0.001 | −9.91 (−13.80; −6.01) |
59.60 | 12.29 | 60.20 | 13.39 | 0.55 | −1.36 (−4.91; 2.19) |
60.20 | 13.39 |
| Height (m) | 1.59 | 0.06 | 1.73 | 0.07 | <0.001 | −0.134 (−0.16; −0.11) |
1.71 | 0.09 | 1.68 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.03 (0.00; 0.06) |
1.70 | 0.09 |
| BMI kg/m2 | 20.58 | 4.62 | 20.83 | 3.96 | 0.77 | −0.25 (−1.52; 1.01) |
20.77 | 3.90 | 20.77 | 4.12 | 0.04 | −1.15 (−2.23; −0.07) |
20.77 | 4.12 |
| Loss of body mass (%) | 16.19 | 10.90 | 17.30 | 9.13 | 0.55 | −1.11 (−4.05; 1.82) |
17.03 | 9.22 | 17.03 | 9.58 | 0.88 | 0.36 (−2.19; 2.90) |
17.03 | 9.58 |
M—mean, SD—standard deviation, MD—difference in means, CI—confidence interval, NA—not analyzed * Student’s t-test.