Research Article
Effects of Multicomponent Exercise Training on Physical Functioning among Institutionalized Elderly
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of study population at baseline.
| Characteristics () | Exercise () | Control () | P value |
| Mean age, years (SD) | 70.19 (8.84) | 71.80 (6.88) | .506 | Female, n (%) | 11 (47.8) | 10 (50.0) | — | Male, n (%) | 12 (52.2) | 10 (50.0) | — | Mean height, m (SD) | 1.53 (0.08) | 1.53 (0.07) | .979 | Mean weight, kg (SD) | 53.18 (9.11) | 55.30 (10.34) | .480 | Mean BMI, kg/m2 (SD) | 22.93 (4.17) | 23.95 (5.23) | .479 | Ethnicity | | | | Malay | 14 (60.9) | 13 (65.0) | — | Chinese | 5 (21.7) | 4 (20.0) | — | Indian | 3 (13.0) | 3 (15.0) | — | Others | 1 (4.3) | — | — | Length of residency, years (SD) | 3.14 (2.82) | 4.56 (3.97) | .165 |
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