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Table 2 Multiple logistic regression models showing the association between the highest tertile of stride-to-stride variability of stride time (dependent variable) and Digit Span score (independent variable) adjusted for clinical characteristics (n = 78)

From: Gait control: a specific subdomain of executive function?

 

Full adjusted model

Stepwise backward model

 

OR

95% CI

P-value

OR

95% CI

P-value

Digit Span score *

0.78

[0.63;0.96]

0.020

0.81

[0.68;0.97]

0.019

Age

1.02

[0.50;2.10]

0.954

-

-

-

Female

1.05

[0.32;3.4]

0.932

-

-

-

BMI

1.09

[0.94;1.27]

0.253

-

-

-

Education level †

1.11

[0.95;1.30]

0.182

-

-

-

Number of drugs taken daily

1.00

[0.77;1.30]

0.984

-

-

-

History of falls ‡

2.07

[0.57;7.54]

0.270

-

-

-

  1. OR: Odds ratio
  2. CI: confident interval
  3. BMI: body mass index
  4. *: Total number of digits that a subject can absorb and recall in correct forward and backward serial orders after hearing them
  5. †: Assessed with the number of years at school
  6. ‡: Falls in the previous year
  7. Odds ratio significant (i.e.; < 0.05) indicated in bold.