Association between walking 5000 step/day and fall incidence over six months in urban community-dwelling older people

Table 1 Demographics, physical performance tests and physical activity among older people

Baseline characteristics	Total (n = 255)	Fallers (n = 33)	Non-fallers (n = 222)	p-value
Demographics
Age (years)	68.7 ± 6.7	71.4 ± 7.4	68.3 ± 6.5	*0.03^
BMI (kg/m²) ^a	24.3 ± 3.9	24.7 ± 3.5	24.2 ± 4.1	0.49
FROP-Com (scores)	7.81 ± 3.3	10.4 ± 3.9	7.4 ± 3.1	*< 0.001^*
MFES (scores)	136.3 ± 3.7	134.2 ± 4.6	136.6 ± 3.5	0.69
Physical performance tests
FTSTS (second)	13.1 ± 2.3	14.9 ± 2.3	12.8 ± 2.2	*< 0.001^*
BBS (scores)	50.2 ± 3.3	48.1 ± 3.8	50.5 ± 3.2	*< 0.001^*
TUG (second) ^a	12.3 ± 2.5	14.8 ± 2.5	12.4 ± 2.4	*< 0.001^*
10mWT (meter/second)	0.7 ± 0.2	0.6 ± 0.1	0.8 ± 04	*< 0.001^*
6MWT (meter)	308.6 ± 48.1	278.2 ± 45.9	313.1 ± 46.8	*< 0.001^*
Physical activity^b
PASE (scores)	75.3 ± 47.9	48.54 ± 36.9	79.45 ± 48.1	*< 0.001^*
Accelerometer
Walking (step/day)	6694.6 ± 3386.9	4677.1 ± 2970.4	7005.7 ± 3345.9	*< 0.001^*
Sleeping (minute/week.)	2193.3 ± 122.4	2232.7 ± 112.01	2187 ± 123.03	0.08
Sedentary (minute/week.)	927.63 ± 185.05	1007.5 ± 128.5	915.32 ± 189.5	*< 0.001^*
LPA (minute/week.)	86.7 ± 115.1	38.5 ± 45.4	94.1 ± 120.6	*< 0.001^*
MVPA (minute/week.)	51.7 ± 80.7	20.9 ± 49.4	56.4 ± 83.6	*< 0.001^*
MVPA for 10 min bouts (minute/week.)	34.9 ± 73.6	17.3 ± 52.1	37.6 ± 76.2	*< 0.001^*
Energy estimated activity (kcal/week.)	242.5 ± 187.9	171.3 ± 117.1	253.5 ± 194	*< 0.001^*

Abbreviations. FROP-Com Falls Risk for Older People in the Community (score 0–60), MFES Modified-Falls Efficacy Scale (score 0–140), PASE The Physical Activity Scale for Elderly (score 0–360), LPA Light intensity of physical activity, MVPA Moderate to vigorous intensity of physical activity, kg/m² kilogram/meter², kcal kilocalories
^aData analysis using the independent t-test
^bEight persons did not completed 5 days of physical activity monitoring by Actical® accelerometer (n = 247)
^*p < 0.05 and ^**p < 0.001

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