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Table 3 Health status and lifestyle according to gait speed of elderly in São Paulo-SP, Br

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

Variables

Total

Gait speed (%)

Value p

1° Q

2° Q

3° Q

4° Q

Handgrip - (SE)*

25.8 (0.4)

22.9(0.7)

25.0 (0.6)

27.0(0.7)

28.6(0.9

0.000

TUG/mean (SE)**

12.9 (0.2)

17.6 (0.4)

12.6 (0.1)

11.1 (0.2)

9.7 (0.1)

0.000

Self-rated health

     

0.000

 Very good

51.0

16.1

30.3

28.0

25.6

 

 Regular

42.5

28.4

30.0

25.1

16.5

 

 Bad/very bad

6.5

43.0

25.6

13.2

18.1

 

Cognitive mpairment

     

0.000

 Yes

7.5

60.4

29.0

3.8

6.7

 

 No

92.5

22.1

30.0

26.3

21.5

 

Depression

     

0.006

 Yes

17.6

28.2

36.4

21.1

14.3

 

 No

82.4

21.9

28.8

26.7

22.6

 

Physical activity

     

0.070

 Sedentary

59.6

28.1

29.8

23.6

18.5

 

 Active

40.4

20.4

30.1

26.2

23.3

 

IADL disability

     

0.000

 No

67.0

16.7

27.9

29.8

25.5

 

 Yes

33.0

41.3

33.9

14.5

10.4

 

BADL disability

     

0.000

 No

75.3

19.6

29.5

27.9

23.0

 

 Yes

24.7

41.5

31.2

14.7

12.6

 

Chronic disease

     

0.004

 None

16.8

17.6

29.7

24.8

27.9

 

 1

28.8

20.3

28.7

26.7

24.2

 

 2 or more

54.4

29.8

30.6

23.5

16.1

 

Hipertension

66.4

28.6

29.6

23.2

18.6

0.003

Diabetes

25.3

27.0

30.7

23.2

19.1

0.727

COPD

9.3

24.3

44.5

22.8

8.4

0.001

DCV

22.8

32.6

31.8

24.5

11.1

0.000

AVC

3.5

58.3

23.8

10.1

7.8

0.000

Artrithis

32.3

28.9

32.5

23.4

15.2

0.012

  1. SABE Study, 2010.
  2. Abbreviations: COPD:Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, DCV:Cardiovascular Disease, AVC: Cerebrovascular Accident. SE: Standard Error *TesteWald: the means are statistically different from each other in walking speed quartiles (p <0.05) except between the means of the 1st and 2nd quartiles (p = 0.186) **TesteWald: the means are statistically different from each other in walking speed quartiles (p < 0.001).