Age independency of mobility decrease assessed using the Locomotive Syndrome Risk Test in elderly with disability: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Background characteristics of subjects and descriptive statistics of three test scores

	Certified elderly under the LTCI system (elderly with disability)				Independent community dwellers
	Total n = 135	Support-level elderly n = 40	Care-level elderly n = 95	P value	Total n = 1469
Age (yrs)	82.6 ± 5.0	82.0 ± 5.7	82.7 ± 7.2	0.592	62.2 ± 8.5
Sex (males)	54 (40.0)	14 (35.0)	40 (42.1)	0.445	1009 (68.6)
Two-step test score	0.66 (0.27)	0.78 (0.24)*	0.61 (0.27)*	0.001	1.53 (0.13)
Stand-up test score	1.93 (1.13)	2.50 (0.93)*	1.69 (1.13)*	<0.001	4.81 (1.10)
Total GLFS-25 score^a	41.6 (18.4)	33.8 (17.1)*	45.0 (18.0)*	0.001	6.64 (7.45)

Values are presented as n (%) or mean ± SD
*Statistically significant at the p<0.05 level; t-test was used for two-step test score and the Mann-Whitney U test for stand-up test/total GLFS-25 score in order to compare the support- and care-level groups; ^aTotal GLFS-25 score (n = 132) care-level elderly (n = 92); SD Standard deviation, LTCI Long-term care insurance, GLFS Geriatric Locomotive Function Scale

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