Research Article

The Relationship between Locomotive Syndrome and Depression in Community-Dwelling Elderly People

Table 2

Comparison of characteristics between the non-LS and LS groups.

 Non-LSLSp value

Participants (%)210 (86.07)34 (13.93) 
Male (%)73 (34.76)6 (17.65)0.0479 
Age (years; mean (SD))67.72 (6.24)71.91 (6.37)0.0005
Height (cm; mean (SD))156.49 (8.15)147.06 (24.79)0.0002
Body weight (kg; mean (SD))57.53 (10.86)56.74 (11.20)0.6952
Body mass index
(kg/m2; mean (SD))
23.42 (3.20)24.88 (3.84)0.0246
GDS-15 (points; mean (SD))2.85 (2.72)4.62 (3.53)0.0005
Depression52 (24.76)15 (44.12)0.0190

Non-LS: non-locomotive syndrome, GLFS-25 score < 16 points
LS: locomotive syndrome, GLFS-25 score ≥ 16 points
SD: standard deviation
Pearson’s chi-square test
Wilcoxon signed-rank test
Student’s t-test.