Preoperative Strength Training for Elderly Patients Awaiting Total Knee Arthroplasty

Table 2

Characteristics of patients of the two training groups and drop-outs.

	Strength training; (𝑁=10)	Standard training; (𝑁=8)	Drop-outs; (𝑁=4)	𝑃
Sex; (men/women)^a	7/3	4/4	1/3	0.30
Age; (years)^b	71.8 (7.5)	69.5 (7.1)	73.3 (3.4)	0.33
BMI; (kg/m^2)^b	27.9 (4.6)	27.9 (3.1)	26.3 (2.1)	0.71

aDifferences tested using 𝜒² test.
bPresented as mean (standard deviation), differences tested using Kruskall-Wallis Test.