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Table 1 Balance performances and variations in the elderly by age

From: Characteristics of balance performance in the Chinese elderly by age and gender

Age (yrs)

n

Static balance

Postural stability

Dynamic balance

Balance

Mean ± SD

CV (%)

Mean ± SD

CV (%)

Mean ± SD

CV (%)

Mean ± SD

CV (%)

60-

511

3.76 ± 0.76a

20.1

7.70 ± 0.90a

11.7

7.73 ± 1.06a

13.7

19.20 ± 2.13a

11.1

65-

530

3.67 ± 0.87ab

23.7

7.42 ± 1.25b

16.8

7.54 ± 1.32ab

17.5

18.63 ± 2.73b

14.7

70-

378

3.54 ± 0.94b

26.7

7.28 ± 1.36b

18.6

7.46 ± 1.47b

19.7

18.27 ± 3.09b

16.9

75-

297

3.24 ± 1.21c

37.2

6.67 ± 1.86c

27.9

6.85 ± 2.24c

32.8

16.76 ± 4.49c

26.8

80-

165

2.93 ± 1.41cd

48.2

6.22 ± 2.02c

32.5

6.09 ± 2.85d

46.7

15.24 ± 5.39d

35.3

85–97

103

2.44 ± 1.50d

61.4

5.11 ± 2.50d

49.0

4.91 ± 3.25e

66.2

12.46 ± 6.57e

52.7

Total

1984

3.48 ± 1.07

30.7

7.13 ± 1.61

22.5

7.21 ± 1.91

26.4

17.83 ± 3.94

22.1

F

 

47.38

77.95

64.38

91.78

P

 

<0.0001

<0.0001

<0.0001

<0.0001

  1. Superscript lowercase letters (a, b, c, etc) indicated multiple comparison results among various age groups. Same letters indicated non-significant difference, different letters indicated significant differences in statistics. Significance level was 0.05. Coefficients of variation (CV) was in percent