Research Article
Tai Chi for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Quality of Life in Elderly Patients with Benign Prostate Hypertrophy: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 1
The demographic characteristics of the subjects.
| | Tai Chi (n = 14) | Control group (n = 14) | t or | P |
| | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | | |
| | Age (yr) | | | 1.23 | .23 |
| | Number (%) | Number (%) | | |
| | Married | | | | | | Yes | 14 (100) | 12 (92) | 1.19 | .48 | | No | 0 (0) | 1 (8) | | Educational level | | | | | | Junior high | 2 (15) | 5 (36) | 4.53 | .10 | | High | 3 (23) | 6 (43) | | College | 8 (62) | 3 (21) | | Employed | | | | | | Yes | 3 (21) | 1 (7) | 1.17 | .60 | | No | 11 (79) | 13 (93) | | Monthly income (in ten thousand Won) | | | | | | <100 | 6 (44) | 7 (50) | .89 | .93 | | 100–150 | 3 (21) | 4 (29) | | 151–200 | 2 (14) | 1 (7) | | 201–250 | 3 (21) | 2 (14) | | Perceived health status | | | | | | Healthy | 4 (29) | 5 (36) | .60 | 1.00 | | Average | 8 (57) | 6 (43) | | Bad | 2 (14) | 3 (21) | | Surgical history for the prostate | | | | | | Yes | 2 (14) | 1 (7) | .37 | .54 | | No | 12 (86) | 13 (93) | | Medication for the prostate | | | | | | Yes | 6 (43) | 8 (57) | .57 | .71 | | No | 8 (57) | 6 (43) | | Exercise | | | | | | Yes | 9 (64) | 13 (93) | 3.39 | .17 | | No | 5 (36) | 1 (7) |
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SD: standard deviation.
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