Gender, Success, and Drop-Out during a Resistance Exercise Program in Community Dwelling Old Adults

Table 4

Logistic regression models showing the association between physical outcomes and the risk of drop-out.

Model 1					Model 2					Model 3
Variable		95% CI for		value	Variables		95% CI for		value	Variables		95% CI for		value
6MWD (m)	0.991	0.986	0.995	<0.001	6MWD (m); Age (years)	0.994; 1.102	0.988; 1.013	1.000; 1.198	0.048; 0.024	6MWD (m)	0.994	0.988	1.000	0.063
										Age (years)	1.121	1.026	1.224	0.011
										Male	0.418	0.159	1.098	0.077
TUG (sec)	1.318	1.129	1.538	<0.001	TUG (sec); Age (years)	1.185; 1.107	0.995; 1.016	1.412; 1.205	0.057; 0.020	TUG (sec)	1.174	0.983	1.403	0.076
										Age (years)	1.128	1.032	1.234	0.008
										Male	0.394	0.141	1.095	0.074
Quad. strength (N)	0.993	0.988	0.998	0.006	Quad. strength (N); Age (years)	0.996; 1.125	0.990; 1.031	1.001; 1.228	0.083; 0.008	Quad. strength (N)	0.995	0.989	1.002	0.143
										Age (years)	1.123	1.018	1.239	0.021
										Male	1.062	0.286	3.949	0.928
Grip strength (lb.)	0.968	0.938	1.000	0.051	Grip strength (lb.); Age (years)	0.975; 1.141	0.943; 1.049	1.007; 1.242	0.122; 0.002	Grip strength (lb.)	0.960	0.913	1.010	0.116
										Age (years)	1.120	1.018	1.233	0.020
										Male	1.934	0.357	10.465	0.444
Exercise (min/week)	0.997	0.996	0.999	0.011	Exercise (min/week); Age (years)	0.998; 1.126	0.996; 1.048	1.000; 1.210	0.032; 0.001	Exercise (min/week)	0.998	0.995	1.000	0.029
										Age (years)	1.143	1.061	1.233	<0.001
										Male	0.349	0.137	0.891	0.028

Model 1 includes constant and physical measurement; model 2 includes additionally age; model 3: includes additionally gender; = hazard ratio.