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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 18.
Published in final edited form as: Aging Clin Exp Res. 2010 Oct-Dec;22(5-6):412–418. doi: 10.1007/bf03324942

Table 2.

Mean differences in chair rise time (reciprocal of chair rise time in seconds * 100) in 81 men and 93 women by leg power, weight, height and balance time from multivariable models.

Adjusted for clinic and sex a Fully adjusted b

Regression coefficient p-value Regression coefficient p-value
(95% confidence intervals) (95% confidence intervals)
LEP (10 watts)
Both sexes 0.005 (−0.036,0.047) 0.8 -
Men -
Linear (per 10 watts) −0.33 (−0.64,-0.02) 0.04
Quadratic ((per 10 watts)2) 0.0065 (0.0004,0.0127) 0.04
Women c 0.24 (−0.51,0.99) 0.5
Balance time (ln(s))
Both sexes 0.268 (0.003,0.532) 0.05 -
Men - 0.57 (0.10, 1.04) 0.02
Women - −0.004 (−0.34,0.32) 0.98
Weight (kg)
Both sexes −0.019 (−0.034,−0.004) 0.02 -
Men - −0.02 (−0.05,0.01) 0.15
Women - −0.02 (−0.04,0.01) 0.13
Height (cm)
Both sexes −0.024 (−0.053,0.006) 0.1 -
Men - −0.03 (−0.08,0.02) 0.24
Women - 0.00 (−0.04,0.04) 0.99
a

Each variable included in a model separately and adjusted for clinic and sex

b

Fully adjusted model includes LEP, balance time, height, weight and clinic. Separate models fitted for men and women because of the significant sex interaction for standing balance time and almost significant sex interaction with LEP.

c

Linear term only as quadratic is non-significant.