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Table 1 Demographic data of recruited participants

From: The challenges of muscle biopsy in a community based geriatric population

 

Healthy older adults

Frail older adults

Statistics

Gender

67.5% (27) female

54.1% (20) female

p = 0.241

32.5% (13) male

45.9% (17) male

Age

71.9 ± 9.0

84.0 ± 15.0

p < 0.000

BMI

23.4 ± 4.0

24.9 ± 7.0

p = 0.782

FI

0.03 ± 0.07

0.41 ± 0.17

p < 0.000

  1. Data sets: healthy older adults, n = 40; frail older adults, n = 37. Median ± IQR are given. Categorical data are given as percentage of total population with raw number in brackets. Categorical data tested with Pearson’s Chi Squared and continuous data tested with Mann–Whitney U. All data not normally distributed except frail older age and frail older frailty index (FI). Statistical difference analysed with independent samples Mann–Whitney U
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BMC Research Notes

ISSN: 1756-0500

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