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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study participants

From: Long-term effects of low-intensity training with slow movement on motor function of elderly patients: a prospective observational study

Baseline variables

LST group (n = 65)

MT group (n = 31)

P value

Mean ± SD

Minimum

Maximum

Mean ± SD

Minimum

Maximum

Female sex (%)

50 (76.9)

  

25 (80.6)

  

0.6838

Age (years)

80.6 ± 6.1

66

93

80.4 ± 5.7

70

91

0.8809

Body weight (kg)

54.7 ± 10.3

30.4

84.3

57.3 ± 11.3

36.4

80.1

0.2799

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

131.2 ± 18.1

95

185

129.9 ± 21.

95

181

0.7540

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

67.6 ± 10.7

41

92

68.6 ± 10.7

43

89

0.6710

Timed Up & Go test (s)

12.2 ± 5.7

6.4

32.0

14.7 ± 6.4

6.5

31.8

0.0567

One-leg balance with an open eye (s)

11.4 ± 13.0

0.37

60.0

16.5 ± 21.6

1.02

60.0

0.1534

CS-30 test (counts/30 s)

23.1 ± 7.8

2

43

17.4 ± 7.3

6

32

0.0011

Smoking status (%)

1 (1.5)

  

2 (6.4)

  

0.1997

Current medical history (multiple answers)

 Cerebrovascular diseases

16

  

9

   

 Heart diseases

13

  

7

   

 Malignant neoplasm

9

  

6

   

 Respiratory diseases

5

  

2

   

 Joint diseases

61

  

22

   

 Dementia

5

  

2

   

 Parkinson disease

2

  

0

   

 Diabetes

7

  

3

   

 Visual/hearing disorder

17

  

3

   

 Fracture/fall

15

  

8

   

 Spinal cord injury

1

  

0

   

 Hypertensive diseases

22

  

12

   

 Others

26

  

14

   
  1. Values are presented as means ± standard deviation, minimum value, and maximum value
  2. All P values compared the characteristics of the LST and MT groups using unpaired t tests or Chi-squared tests
  3. LST low-stress training (low-intensity exercise with slow movement and tonic force generation), MT machine training, SD standard deviation