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Table 1 Description of the participants included in the study

From: Comparison of spatio-temporal gait parameters between the GAITRite® platinum plus classic and the GAITRite® CIRFACE among older adults: a retrospective observational study

 

Whole sample

(N = 95)

Groups according to cognitive status

Groups according to falls status

Groups according to walking aid status

CHI

(n = 33)

Minor NCD (n = 26)

AD

(n = 36)

P-value

No falls

(n = 36)

Falls

(n = 59)

P-value $

No aid

(n = 81)

Walking aid

(n = 14)

P-value $

Age (years)

82.6 ± 5.8

80.9 ± 6.3

82.6 ± 5.2

84.1 ± 5.5

0.064

81.1 ± 6.2

83.5 ± 5.5

0.056

81.9 ± 5.6

86.8 ± 5.4

0.003

Female gender

67 (70.5)

21 (63.6)

17 (58.6)

31 (86.1)

0.030

23 (63.9)

44 (74.6)

0.268

55 (67.9)

12 (85.7)

0.220

Weight (kg)

65.6 ± 14.0

70.8 ± 15.1

65.6 ± 12.6

60.9 ± 12.4

0.029

67.2 ± 13.2

64.7 ± 14.4

0.380

65.4 ± 13.6

66.9 ± 16.5

0.785

Velocity (cm/s)

81.6 ± 21.8

90.0 ± 24.1

76.5 ± 20.6

77.6 ± 18.4

0.033

83.0 ± 21.8

80.8 ± 22.0

0.631

85.2 ± 21.1

60.9 ± 12.9

< 0.001

Walking aid

14 (14.7)

4 (12.1)

6 (20.7)

7 (19.4)

0.622

2 (5.6)

12 (20.3)

0.049

0 (0)

14 (100)

-

Fall at least one time in the last 12 months

59 (62.1)

26 (78.8)

12 (41.4)

24 (66.7)

0.002

0(0)

59(100)

-

47 (58.0)

12 (85.7)

0.049

MMSE (/30)*

23.4 ± 4.9

27.1 ± 2.4

24.9 ± 2.9

19.2 ± 4.6

< 0.001

23.3 ± 4.8

23.4 ± 5.1

0.931

23.7 ± 4.8

20.9 ± 5.3

0.070

FAB (/18)†

14.3 ± 3.0

16.0 ± 2.8

14.6 ± 2.5

12.7 ± 2.9

< 0.001

14.4 ± 2.8

14.2 ± 3.2

0.720

14.5 ± 2.9

12.6 ± 3.4

0.085

Mini GDS (/4)

0.4 ± 0.7

0.3 ± 0.6

0.6 ± 0.8

0.3 ± 0.7

0.033

0.3 ± 0.6

0.4 ± 0.8

0.905

0.4 ± 0.7

0.4 ± 0.6

0.870

  1. Data are presented with mean ± standard deviation (m ± sd) or number and percentage n(%) as appropriate; AD: Alzheimer Disease; CHI: Cognitive Healthy Individual; FAB: Frontal Assessment Battery; Mini GDS: Mini Geriatric Depression Scale; MMSE: Mini Mental State Examination; NCD: NeuroCognitive Disorder
  2. *: 6 data were missing
  3. †: 20 data were missing
  4. : data from the CIRFACE walkway were presented are presented in cm/s
  5. : Comparison were performed using Chi square test or Fisher exact test for categorical variables, Kruskal-Wallis analyze of variance for quantitative variables
  6. $ : Comparison were performed using Chi square test or Fisher exact test for categorical variables, Student T test or Mann-Whitney test for quantitative variables