Table 1 Participant characteristics stratified based on age group.

From: The effect of age on the association between daily gait speed and abdominal obesity in Japanese adults

 

Younger adults (n = 255)

Older adults (n = 444)

P value

Cohen’s d

Age (years)

38.8 ± 6.7

63.6 ± 8.0

 < 0.001

3.36

Sex (% women)

62.4

62.2

0.960

 

Height (cm)

164.5 ± 7.7

159.0 ± 8.2

 < 0.001

0.69

Body weight (kg)

61.1 ± 13.5

58.4 ± 9.7

0.106

0.23

Body mass index (kg/m2)

22.4 ± 3.9

23.0 ± 3.0

 < 0.001

0.17

Visceral fat area (cm2)

73.6 ± 48.1

85.8 ± 39.3

 < 0.001

0.28

General obesity (%)

20.0

24.3

0.189

 

Abdominal obesity (%)

24.7

31.8

0.048

 

Hypertension (%)

19.2

54.7

 < 0.001

 

Diabetes (%)

2.7

10.4

 < 0.001

 

Dyslipidemia (%)

24.7

50.0

 < 0.001

 

Daily gait speed (m/s)

1.27 ± 0.18

1.22 ± 0.20

 < 0.001

0.30

Average steps (/day)

6573 ± 2732

6669 ± 2809

0.599

0.03

HW-100 wear time (hour/day)

15.7 ± 2.0

15.6 ± 1.8

0.626

0.04

Smoking habit (cigarettes/day)

3 ± 6

2 ± 6

0.005

0.15

Total energy intake (kcal/day)

1762 ± 536

1890 ± 557

 < 0.001

0.24

Alcohol intake (g/day)

12.5 ± 22.0

13.2 ± 23.1

0.732

0.03

  1. Values are the mean ± SD or percentages. Mann–Whitney U tests were used for continuous variables and Chi-square tests were used for categorical variables.
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