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Table 4 SPPB subtest: Repeated chair sit-to stand test, seconds by sex and age

From: Norwegian reference values for the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB): the Tromsø Study

Age (years)

Men

Women

Gender-diff, p-value*

N

Mean (SD)

N

Mean (SD)

40–44

213

7.5 (2.1)

263

7.8 (2.0)

0.11

45–49

259

7.9 (1.9)

282

8.1 (2.5)

0.26

50–54

247

8.0 (2.4)

303

8.6 (2.4)

< 0.01

55–59

320

8.4 (2.3)

398

8.7 (2.3)

0.07

60–64

715

8.7 (2.4)

758

9.4 (2.7)

< 0.01

65–69

738

9.2 (2.8)

798

10.5 (3.2)

< 0.01

70–74

515

9.7 (2.7)

616

11.3 (3.3)

< 0.01

75–79

315

10.7 (2.9)

339

11.7 (3.2)

< 0.01

80+

153

11.9 (3.8)

157

12.6 (4.1)

0.11

  1. *t-test. There were 83 individuals that failed on the pre-test and did not do the repeated chair sit-to- stand test