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Table 1 Patient demographics at time of enrollment

From: Methodology and demographics of a single blinded, randomized controlled trial of chiropractic compared to physical therapy for balance impairments in community dwelling geriatric patients with or without low back pain

Characteristics

Physical therapyn = 85 (50.6%)

Chiropractic caren = 83 (49.4%)

Totaln = 168

Age, mean (SD)

72.9 ± 6.9

72.8 ± 6.8

72.8 ± 6.8

Range (median)

85 - 60 (73.5)

85 - 60 (71.5)

85 - 60 (73)

Gender

   

Male

29.4%

30.1%

29.8%

Female

70.6%

69.9%

70.2%

Ethnicity

   

Caucasian

87.2%

94.9%

91.0%

African American

10.3%

5.1%

7.7%

Other

2.5%

0%

1.3%

Education, mean (SD)

16.6 ± 2.1

15.6 ± 2.3

16.1 ± 2.2

Exercised

71.4%

75.0%

63.7%

  1. SD, standard deviation; education in years.