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Table 3 Multivariate adjusted model for slower usual and slower fast gait speeds

From: Gait speed correlates in a multiracial population of community-dwelling older adults living in Brazil: a cross-sectional population-based study

Variables

Usual gait speed

Fast gait speed

 

OR (95% IC)

p

OR (95% IC)

p

Age group (years)

    

70-74 (ref 65–69)

1.01 (0.47-2.18)

0.966

1.51 (0.68-3.38)

0.308

≥ 75 (ref 65–69)

3.81 (1.89-7.67)

<0.001

2.69 (1.29-5.62)

0.008

Low PAL

2.24 (1.18-4.25)

0.013

2.24 (1.15-4.36)

0.017

Stroke

3.41 (1.31-8.86)

0.012

  

Diabetes

2.25 (1.20-4.19)

0.011

  

Urinary incontinence

1.98 (1.02-3.84)

0.041

2.44 (1.23-4.84)

0.010

High concern of falling (FESI)

2.27 (1.21-4.24)

0.010

2.30 (1.17-4.54)

0.016

  1. Abbreviations: ref, reference category; OR, Odds ratio; CI, Confidence Interval; PAL, Physical Activity level; FESI, Falls Efficacy.
  2. Scale International.
  3. ORs represent the odds of having a slower usual gait speed and a slower fast gait speed.
  4. The model was adjusted for height.