Research Article
Characterization of the Effects of a Six-Month Dancing as Approach for Successful Aging
Table 1
Subjects’ anthropometric characteristics in pre- (T0) and postdance (T6) practice. Values are represented as mean ± SD.
| | | Females (n=17) | Males (n=8) | Pooled (n=25) | | | T0 | T6 | T0 | T6 | T0 | T6 |
| | Weight (cm) | 67.0 ± 11.0 | 68.5 ± 11.1 | 77.1 ± 6.9 | 76.7 ± 7.2 | 70.2 ± 10.9 | 70.5 ± 10.8 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 29.2 ± 4.4 | 30.1 ± 5.8 | 28.0 ± 2.8 | 27.9 ± 3.3 | 28.8 ± 3.9 | 29.4 ± 5.2 | | %FM (%) | 42.1 ± 8.0 | 38.5 ± 6.6 | 33.7 ± 9.3 | 29.9 ± 8.6 | 39.4 ± 9.2 | 35.8 ± 8.2 | | FFM (kg) | 21.5 ± 3.9 | 23.0 ± 4.1 | 27.7 ± 5.2 | 30.2 ± 5.4 | 23.5 ± 5.2 | 25.3 ± 5.6 |
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P≤0.01 vs. pre; P≤0.05 vs. females; and P≤0.01 vs. females. |
