Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the participants
From: Walking cadence (steps/min) and intensity in 61–85-year-old adults: the CADENCE-Adults study
Variable | Men (n = 50) | Women (n = 48) | Total (n = 98) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
Age (years) | 72.8 | 7.0 | 72.4 | 6.8 | 72.6 | 6.9 |
Weight (kg) | 79.9 | 9.5 | 65.1 | 11.0 | 72.7 | 12.6 |
Height (cm) | 173.1 | 6.4 | 161.2 | 5.7 | 167.3 | 8.5 |
Leg length (cm) | 83.0 | 4.4 | 76.7 | 3.9 | 79.9 | 5.2 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 26.7 | 2.7 | 25.1 | 4.0 | 25.8 | 3.5 |
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
BMI classifications | ||||||
Normal weight | 17 | 34.0 | 26 | 54.2 | 43 | 43.9 |
Overweight | 29 | 58.0 | 16 | 33.3 | 45 | 45.9 |
Obese | 4 | 8.0 | 6 | 12.5 | 10 | 10.2 |
Race | ||||||
White | 42 | 84.0 | 42 | 87.5 | 84 | 85.7 |
American Indian/Alaska Native | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2.0 |
Asian | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
African-American | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.0 |
More than one race | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
Unknown or not reported | 5 | 10.0 | 4 | 8.3 | 9 | 9.2 |
Ethnicity | ||||||
Not Hispanic or Latino | 42 | 84.0 | 43 | 89.6 | 85 | 86.7 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Unknown or not reported | 8 | 16.0 | 5 | 10.4 | 13 | 13.3 |