Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics
| Parameters | Tap dance group | Control group | All |
| Age (years) | 63.4±3.55 | 66.6±5.81 | 65.1±5.07 |
| Female (%) | 11 (55.0) | 13 (65.0) | 24 (60.0) |
| Weight (kg) | 68.2±13.5 | 62.2±8.60 | 65.2±11.6 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 26.1±2.91 | 24.9±2.01 | 25.5±2.52 |
| Resting heart rate (beats/min) | 78.6±23.3 | 74.4±9.75 | 76.2±16.8 |
| Diabetes duration (years) | 7.81±4.86 | 7.92±3.16 | 7.86±5.91 |
| Systolic blood pressure (SBP) | 135.8±15.1 | 130.0±14.1 | 132.5±14.6 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (DBP) | 77.1±11.0 | 74.3±8.43 | 75.6±9.65 |
| Glycated hemoglobin (%) | 6.31±1.21 | 6.86±0.616 | 6.54±1.04 |
| Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L) | 7.87±2.09 | 8.45±1.63 | 8.16±1.88 |
| Ankle-brachial pressure index | 1.09±0.30 | 1.10±0.09 | 1.10±0.09 |
| No education experience | 2 (10.0) | 6 (30.0) | 8 (20.0) |
| Smoking* | 4 (20.0) | 4 (20.0) | 8 (20.0) |
| Alcohol† | 6 (30.0) | 6 (30.0) | 12 (30.0) |
| No of comorbidities | |||
| Hypertension | 12 (60.0) | 8 (40.0) | 20 (50.0) |
| Hyperlipidemia | 7 (35.0) | 0 | 7 (17.5) |
| Cardiopathy | 4 (20.0) | 3 (15.0) | 7 (17.5) |
| Arthritis | 4 (20.0) | 2 (10.0) | 6 (15.0) |
| History of fall‡ | 2 (10.0) | 5 (25.0) | 7 (17.5) |
*More than two cigarettes per day
†More than two times per week
‡Falling in the past 12 months, hypertension=SBP >150 mm Hg and/or DBP >90 mm Hg.