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Table 3 Mean (SD) gait characteristics stratifying by gait speed and past year fall history.

From: Too much or too little step width variability is associated with a fall history in older persons who walk at or near normal gait speed

 

Gait Speed < 1.0

 

Gait Speed ≥ 1.0 m/s

 
 

No falls n = 185

≥ 1 fall n = 37

p-value

No falls n = 237

≥ 1 fall n = 44

p-value

Gait Variability CV* (%)

   Step width

15.6 (15.9)

15.7 (7.7)

.95

19.6 (16.6)

26.8 (29.1)

.02

   Step length

7.5 (3.4)

7.7 (3.7)

.77

5.4 (2.3)

5.5 (2.2)

.77

   Stance time

5.7 (2.3)

6.0 (2.3)

.47

4.3 (1.5)

4.5 (1.5)

.55

   Step time

5.4 (1.7)

5.3 (2.1)

.83

4.1 (1.6)

4.2 (1.3)

.79

Gait speed (m/s)

.85 (.11)

.82 (.14)

.11

1.18 (.13)

1.18 (.14)

.98

  1. *CV = coefficient of variation