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Table 1 Gait speed stratified into quartiles according to sex and height

From: Factors associated with lower gait speed among the elderly living in a developing country: a cross-sectional population-based study

  

Men

Women

 

Quartile

height ≤ 1,66m

height > 1,66m

height ≤ 1,52m

height > 1,52m

Gait speed (m/s)

1º quartile

≤ 0,68

≤ 0,78

≤ 0,63

≤ 0,68

2º quartile

0,69 – 0,81

0,79 – 0,90

0,63 – 0,78

0,69 – 0,81

3º quartile

0,82 – 0,97

0,91 – 1,04

0,79 – 0,91

0,82 – 0,95

4º quartile

≥ 0,98

≥ 1,05

≥ 0,92

≥ 0,96

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BMC Geriatrics

ISSN: 1471-2318

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