An Ancient Boxing Exercise Improves Physical Functions, Balance, and Quality of Life in Healthy Elderly Persons

Table 1

Anthropometric and baseline characteristics of subjects in the control and ancient boxing group.

Variables	Control group (n = 28)	Ancient boxing group (n = 28)	p-value
Gender (m/f)	1/27	3/25	0.30
Age (years)	68.6 ± 6.8	65.9 ± 4.9	0.09
Body weight (kg)	48.1 ± 7.8	44.1 ± 10.8	0.11
Height (cm)	151.0 ± 4.9	152.3 ± 8.9	0.48
SBP (mmHg)	125.5 ± 18.0	120.6 ± 18.0	0.30
DBP (mmHg)	68.6 ± 11.6	66.3 ± 10.4	0.42
HR (beat/minute)	82.8 ± 8.6	79.2 ± 9.8	0.14

Note: Values are mean ± SD, kg; kilograms, cm; centimeters, m; meter, SBP; systolic blood pressure, mmHg; millimeters of mercury, DBP; diastolic blood pressure, HR; heart rate.