From: Gait control: a specific subdomain of executive function?
Tertiles of STV | P-Value* | ||||||
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Lowest (n = 26) | Intermediate (n = 26) | Highest (n = 26) | Overall | Lowest versus intermediate | Lowest versus highest | Intermediate versus highest | |
Age (years), mean ± SD | 70.0 ± 1.0 | 69.7 ± 0.7 | 69.8 ± 0.8 | 0.510 | - | - | - |
Female, n (%) | 9 (34.6) | 21 (80.8) | 16 (61.5) | 0.003 | 0.001 | 0.052 | 0.126 |
BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD | 24.8 ± 2.6 | 25.6 ± 3.3 | 26.6 ± 4.4 | 0.187 | - | - | - |
Number of drugs taken daily, mean ± SD | 2.0 ± 1.5 | 2.5 ± 2.0 | 2.7 ± 2.5 | 0.406 | - | - | - |
Falls during the past year, n (%) | 2 (7.7) | 11 (42.3) | 9 (34.6) | 0.014 | 0.004 | 0.017 | 0.569 |
Education level† (years), mean ± SD | 11.8 ± 3.3 | 10.9 ± 3.2 | 11.8 ± 3.7 | 0.550 | - | - | - |
Executive subdomain performance | |||||||
Digit Span score‡, mean ± SD | 15.5 ± 3.6 | 13.5 ± 3.2 | 12.7 ± 2.3 | 0.004 | 0.060 | 0.004 | 1.000 |
Ratio score TMTB/TMTA#, mean ± SD | 2.1 ± 0.6 | 2.2 ± 0.6 | 2.0 ± 0.5 | 0.486 | - | - | - |
Ratio score Stroop Part III/ Part I, mean ± SD | 2.9 ± 0.8 | 3.2 ± 0.8 | 3.2 ± 1.6 | 0.530 | - | - | - |