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Table 1 Comparison of baseline demographic data according to the quintiles of gait speed

From: Role of gait speed and grip strength in predicting 10-year cognitive decline among community-dwelling older people

Variable

Gait Speed N = 1063

P value

Q1

230 (21.6%)

Q2

215 (20.2%)

Q3

227 (21.4%)

Q4

199 (18.7%)

Q5

192 (18.1%)

Age (years)

72.7 ± 5.4

70.4 ± 5.6

69.3 ± 5.4

67.1 ± 5.2

66.3 ± 4.9

< 0.001

Gender

     

0.684

 Male

121 (52.6%)

102 (44.4%)

122 (53.7%)

98 (49.2%)

99 (51.6%)

 

 Female

109 (47.4%)

113 (52.6%)

105 (46.3%)

101 (50.8%)

93 (48.4%)

 

Smoking status

     

0.124

 Non-smoking

180 (78.3%)

183 (85.5%)

190 (83.7%)

169 (84.9%)

167 (87.0%)

 

 Smoking

50 (21.7%)

31 (14.5%)

37 (16.3%)

30 (15.1%)

25 (13.0%)

 

Education (years)

10.4 ± 2.7

10.3 ± 2.5

10.8 ± 2.7

11.2 ± 2.4

11.5 ± 2.6

< 0.001

Marital status

     

0.060

 Single

61 (26.5%)

41 (19.2%)

44 (19.4%)

36 (18.1%)

30 (15.6%)

 

 Married

169 (73.5%)

174 (80.9%)

183 (80.6%)

163 (81.9%)

162 (84.4%)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

23.0 ± 3.3

22.7 ± 2.8

22.9 ± 3.0

22.6 ± 2.9

23.0 ± 2.7

0.616

TMIG-IC

4.8 ± 0.5

4.9 ± 0.3

4.9 ± 0.3

4.9 ± 0.3

4.9 ± 0.5

0.168

Depressive symptom

     

0.030

 Yes

34 (15.6%)

24 (11.4%)

19 (8.7%)

18 (9.4%)

12 (6.4%)

 

 No

184 (84.4%)

186 (88.6%)

200 (91.3%)

174 (90.6%)

176 (93.6%)

 

CCI

1.8 ± 2.6

1.7 ± 2.3

1.2 ± 1.8

1.4 ± 1.8

1.2 ± 1.6

0.002

MMSE

27.8 ± 1.8

28.1 ± 1.6

28.1 ± 1.6

28.1 ± 1.6

28.3 ± 1.5

0.025

DSST

37.4 ± 10.2

41.5 ± 9.7

43.2 ± 10.5

46.2 ± 11.0

48.0 ± 11.1

< 0.001

  1. Values are presented as the mean (SD) or counts (percentages)
  2. Gait speed in each group:
  3. In males: Q1 as the lowest quintile and Q5 as the highest quintile; ≦1.12; 1.13–1.25; 1.26–1.37; 1.38–1.47; and > 1.48, m/s
  4. In females: Q1 as the lowest quintile and Q5 as the highest quintile; ≦1.13; 1.14–1.22; 1.23–1.32; 1.33–1.42; and > 1.43, m/s
  5. BMI body mass index, TMIG-IC Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology Index of Competence, CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, DSST Digit Symbol Substitution Test
  6. The following data were missing: smoking status, n = 1; TMIG-IC, n = 5; depressive symptoms, n = 36; CCI, n = 17; DSST, n = 2