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Table 1 Characteristics of 3 groups for sex, age, leg length, and the number of participants with overestimation in SOT

From: Age-related self-overestimation of step-over ability in healthy older adults and its relationship to fall risk

 

Young adults

Young-old adults

Old-old adults

p value

 

(n=71)

(n=343)

(n=151)

 

Sex, % female

49.3

83.1

72.2

<0.01

Age

22.0 ± 3.1

69.4 ± 3.3

78.5 ± 3.5

<0.01

Leg length, cm

80.9 ± 5.3

74.7 ± 4.4

73.8 ± 5.2

<0.01

Δ height > 0, n(%)*1

0

39 (11.4)

49 (32.5)

<0.01

  1. MANOVA was adjusted for sex in age and leg length.
  2. ※1, Percentage of participants who failed to step over the bar at estimated height (EH) (i.e., overestimation). A chi-square test was performed to compare the 2 older adult groups alone because all the young adults succeeded.
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BMC Geriatrics

ISSN: 1471-2318

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