Impact of walking states, self-reported daily walking amount and age on the gait of older adults measured with a smart-phone app: a pilot study

Table 5 Statistics of step time variability (n = 92)

Variables	M	SD	95%CI	F	P	\({\eta }_{p}^{2}\)
Walking state
Normal	0.15	0.07	0.13–0.16	9.36	0.001	0.10
Fast	0.18	0.09	0.16–0.20
Visually impaired	0.14	0.07	0.13–0.16
Age
Younger (n = 48)	0.17	0.05	0.15–0.18	3.61	0.06	0.05
Older (n = 44)	0.15	0.06	0.13–0.16
Self-reported daily walking amount
1 km and below (n = 26)	0.17	0.06	0.15–0.19	2.72	0.05	0.09
1–3 km (n = 26)	0.14	0.06	0.12–0.16
3–5 km (n = 19)	0.18	0.06	0.15–0.20
5 km and above (n = 21)	0.15	0.05	0.12–0.17
Walking state \(\times\) Age
Normal (Y)	0.17	0.07	0.15–0.19	4.44	0.02	0.05
Fast (Y)	0.18	0.09	0.15–0.20
Visually impaired (Y)	0.16	0.07	0.14–0.18
Normal (O)	0.13	0.07	0.11–0.15
Fast (O)	0.18	0.09	0.16–0.21
Visually impaired (O)	0.13	0.07	0.11–0.15

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