Clinical Study
Efficacy of Wii-Fit on Static and Dynamic Balance in Community Dwelling Older Veterans: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial
Table 1
Descriptive characteristics of exercise and control groups.
| | | All participants
| Exercise group
| Control group
| p value |
| | Age, mean (SD) | 68.0 (6.7) | 67.5 (8.1) | 69.0 (3.8) | 0.71 | | Male, n (%) | 26 (86.7) | 13 (86.7) | 13 (86.7) | >0.99 | | Race, n (%) | | | | 0.12 | | Non-Hispanic Caucasian | 20 (66.7) | 8 (53) | 12 (80) | | | Non-Hispanic African American | 10 (33.3) | 7 (47) | 3 (20) | | | Anthropometry | | | | | | Height (inches), mean (SD) | 69.3 (3.6) | 69.3 (3.8) | 69.3 (3.4) | >0.99 | | Weight (lbs.), median (IQR) | 206 (176, 236) | 198 (173–262) | 208 (176–227) | 0.37 | | BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 30.6 (5.9) | 32.0 (7.1) | 29.3 (4.3) | 0.21 | | Education, n (%) | | | | >0.99 | | High school | 6 (20.0) | 3 (20.0) | 3 (20.0) | | | More than high school | 24 (80.0) | 12 (80.0) | 12 (80.0) | | | Number of comorbidities, median (IQR) | 6.5 (4, 9) | 7 (6–9) | 5 (3–8) | 0.27 | | Hypertension, n (%) | 21 (70.0) | 11 (73.3) | 10 (66.7) | >0.99 | | Diabetes, n (%) | 9 (30.0) | 3 (20.0) | 6 (40.0) | 0.43 | | Heart disease, n (%) | 3 (10.0) | 1 (6.7) | 2 (13.3) | >0.99 | | Hyperlipidemia, n (%) | 21 (70.0) | 11 (73.3) | 10 (66.7) | >0.99 | | Depression, n (%) | 11 (36.7) | 4 (26.7) | 7 (46.7) | 0.45 | | Obesity, n (%) | 14 (46.7) | 8 (53.3) | 6 (40) | 0.72 | | Number of medications, median (IQR) | 6.5 (4, 9) | 8 (5–11) | 6 (4–8) | 0.32 | | Systolic blood pressure, mean (SD) | 126.5 (9.6) | 124.9 (8.9) | 128.2 (10.3) | 0.44 | | Diastolic blood pressure, mean (SD) | 78.9 (4.5) | 79.7 (3.6) | 78.1 (5.2) | 0.72 | | Pulse, mean (SD) | 75.2 (9.3) | 75.6 (9.2) | 74.9 (9.7) | 0.80 |
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Comparison of exercise and control groups using t-test or Wilcoxon rank sum test for continuous data or chi-square test for categorical data.
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