Table 1

Descriptive statistics of the 20 to 94 year old ambulatory rehabilitation patients (n = 215)


Men (n = 102)
Women (n = 113)
Combined (n = 215)

Age (yr)
71.7 ± 12.1 (24 – 94)
71.4 ± 15.5* (20 – 90)
71.5 ± 14.0 (20 – 94)
Height (cm)
171.3 ± 6.1 (154 – 186)
159.0 ± 6.2(146 – 180)
164.9 ± 8.7 (146 – 186)
Mass (kg)
77.0 ± 14.3 (40.3 – 132.5)
70.3 ± 21.0(41.1 – 156.0)
73.5 ± 18.4 (40.3 – 156.0)
BMI (kg/m2)
26.2 ± 4.2 (15.2 – 39.1)
27.6 ± 7.0* (13.6 – 53.3)
26.9 ± 5.9 (13.6 – 53.3)
% BF
28.9 ± 5.4 (15.1 – 44.1)
42.7 ± 6.8(22.6 – 57.6)
36.2 ± 9.3 (15.1 – 57.6)
Length of stay (days)
14.8 ± 17.1 (3 – 120)
13.9 ± 10.5* (3 – 65)
14.4 ± 14.0 (3 – 120)
TUG (sec; n = 213)§
31.7 ± 29.2 (7.7 – 207.6)
33.7 ± 21.8* (8.2 – 131.6)
32.7 ± 25.5 (7.7 – 207.6)
MBI (n = 214)§
91.9 ± 6.4 (71 – 100)
92.7 ± 6.7 (56 – 100)
92.3 ± 6.6 (56 – 100)
FIM (n = 210)§
109.0 ± 10.4 (68 – 124)
107.8 ± 10.5 (75 – 124)
108.4 ± 10.4 (68 – 124)
Max Quad strength (kg)
7.5 ± 3.5 (1.5 – 16.8)
5.4 ± 2.8(0.4 – 13.1)
6.4 ± 3.3 (0.4 – 16.8)

All values are <a onClick="popup('http://www.dynamic-med.com/content/7/1/14/mathml/M1','MathML',630,470);return false;" target="_blank" href="http://www.dynamic-med.com/content/7/1/14/mathml/M1">View MathML</a> ± SD; range in parentheses; %BF = percent body fat; TUG = Timed Up-and-Go; MBI = modified Barthel Index; FIM = Functional Independence Measure

* Non-significant; p < 0.001; p < 0.05

§ Subjects with missing data were excluded from the corresponding analyses.

Gunn et al. Dynamic Medicine 2008 7:14   doi:10.1186/1476-5918-7-14

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