Gender, Success, and Drop-Out during a Resistance Exercise Program in Community Dwelling Old Adults
Table 1
Characteristics of male and female participants.
Male
Female
value
( = 98)
( = 138)
Mean ± SD
Mean ± SD
Age (years)
0.018
BMI (kg/m2)
0.012
Waist (cm)
<0.001
Body fat (%)
<0.001
Body fat (kg)
0.515
Lean body mass (kg)
<0.001
Appendicular skeletal muscle (kg)
<0.001
Appendicular skeletal muscle (%)
<0.001
Quadriceps strength (N)
<0.001
Quadriceps strength (N/kg)
0.100
Grip strength (lb.)
<0.001
6MWD (m)
0.708
TUG (sec)
0.595
MMSE (score)
0.021
QoL (score)
0.907
Number of drugs
0.067
Exercise/week (min)
0.472
Drop-out (%)
8.2
14.5
0.138
Differences between genders according to independent samples -test (normally distributed variables) and Mann–Whitney test (not normally distributed variables). Corrected for body weight.
