Creative dance associated with traditional Portuguese singing as a strategy for active aging: a comparative cross-sectional study

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the participant

Variables	NEG (n鈥�=鈥�41)	TEG (n鈥�=鈥�42)	MEG (n鈥�=鈥�36)
Age (years)	77.8鈥壜扁赌�1.2	73.9鈥壜扁赌�1.1 ^a	74.1鈥壜扁赌�1.1 ^b
Sex (women/men)	29/12	38/4	33/3
Height (cm)	156.5鈥壜扁赌�7.1	152.8鈥壜扁赌�8.7 ^a	153.1鈥壜扁赌�5.3
Weight (kg)	67.9鈥壜扁赌�11.7	67.5鈥壜扁赌�12.8	70.2鈥壜扁赌�12.1
BMI (kg/m²)	27.9鈥壜扁赌�4.3	28.7鈥壜扁赌�4.0	29.71鈥壜扁赌�4.5
Waist circumference (cm)	97.7鈥壜扁赌�11.7	94.9鈥壜扁赌�10.9	97.9鈥壜扁赌�10.6
Physical activity (MET/min/week)	1061.1鈥壜扁赌�1468.7	1407.2鈥壜扁赌�1718.3	2323.2鈥壜扁赌�2643.6

Values represent mean鈥壜扁€塻tandard deviation. NEG no-exercise group, TEG traditional exercise group, MEG multimodal exercise group, BMI body mass index, cm centimeters; kg kilograms; kg/m² kilograms per square meter, MET/min/week MET per minute per week. ^a Significant difference between NEG and TEG (p鈥�&濒迟;鈥�0.05). ^b Significant difference between NEG and MEG (p鈥�&濒迟;鈥�0.05)

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