Table 1 Baseline demographic characteristics of study population

Females

n = 12

n = 12

n = 13

-

Males

n = 11

n = 12

n = 13

Age (yrs)

65.7 (4.1)

64.5 (4.4)

66.7 (4.1)

0.43

64.6 (3.7)

65.3 (1.4)

64.0 (4.0)

0.58

YSM (yrs)

21 (8)

15 (6)

17 (6)

0.14

-

-

-

-

Height (cm)

168.2 (5.1)

167.2 (7.7)

161.9 (5.5)

0.03

177.8 (7.1)

176.9 (6.1)

175.5 (7.9)

0.73

Weight (kg)

76.4 (15.2)

73.4 (10.3)

78.7 (13.5)

0.61

89.0 (15.2)

85.2 (9.0)

91.9 (17.0)

0.51

BMI (kg/m²)

27.0 (5.6)

26.4 (4.1)

29.9 (3.9)

0.13

28.2 (5.1)

27.2 (2.4)

29.7 (4.4)

0.32

KL Index

I: 7 (30%)

I: 7 (29%)

I: 9 (35%)

0.80

II: 8 (35%)

II: 11 (46%)

II: 12 (46%)

III: 8 (35%)

III: 6 (25%)

III: 5 (19%)