Table 1 Males were different from females for height and BMI (W: 0.01), but not for age (W: 0.16), MMSE (W: 0.26), or number of medications (W: 0.54)
| Â | Overall | Gait Instability | Recurrent Falls | Memory Impairment | Cautious Gait | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean ± SD Median | (n = 103) | F (n = 22) | M (n = 24) | Overall (n = 46) | F (n = 23) | M (n = 7) | Overall (n =30) | F (n = 7) | M (n = 12) | Overall (n = 19) | F (n = 6) | M (n = 2) | Overall (n = 8) |
Age (Years) | 76 ± 7 77 | 77 ± 8 78 | 76 ± 5 74 | 76 ± 8 77 | 77 ± 8 78 | 80 ± 4 79 | 77 ± 7 78 | 76 ± 5 78 | 75 ± 6 76 | 75 ± 5 76 | 81 ± 5 81 | 73 ± 16 73 | 79 ± 9 81 |
Height (cm) | 162 ± 10 161 | 157 ± 5 158 | 173 ± 7 173 | 166 ± 10 165 | 155 ± 70 156 | 163 ± 4 164 | 157 ± 7 157 | 158 ± 5 156 | 170 ± 6 170 | 166 ± 8 167 | 155 ± 4 156 | 164 ± 16 164 | 157 ± 8 156 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 25 ± 4 24 | 25 ± 5 25 | 27 ± 4 26 | 26 ± 5 26 | 24 ± 4 23 | 26 ± 3 26 | 24 ± 3 24 | 22 ± 3 21 | 25 ± 3 24 | 24 ± 3 24 | 25 ± 4 26 | 31 ± 3 31 | 27 ± 4 28 |
MMSE | 27 ± 3 27 | 28 ± 1 28 | 27 ± 4 28 | 28 ± 3 28 | 26 ± 3 28 | 25 ± 3 26 | 26 ± 3 27 | 27 ± 1 27 | 26 ± 3 27 | 26 ± 2 27 | 24 ± 5 24 | 22 ± 6 22 | 23 ± 5 24 |
Number of medications | 5 ± 3 5 | 5 ± 3 4 | 5 ± 3 5 | 5 ± 3 5 | 5 ± 2 5 | 5 ± 3 4 | 5 ± 2 5 | 3 ± 3 1 | 4 ± 4 4 | 4 ± 3 3 | 7 ± 3 6 | 5 ± 1 5 | 6 ± 3 6 |