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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 Mar 17;62(4):673–678. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12734

Table 3.

Associations between TUG Subtask Measures and Cognitive Abilities (n=347)

Univariate model Multivariate model
Walking (dependent variable: Step regularity [g^2] in the V axis)
Episodic memory score 0.03 (0.012-0.046) p=0.001 0.02 (−0.003-0.041) p=0.08
Semantic memory score 0.02 (0.002-0.04) p=0.033 −0.02 (−0.047-0.006) p=0.14
Working memory score 0.03 (0.009-0.05) p=0.004 0.009 (−0.013-0.031) p=0.41
Perceptual speed score 0.04 (0.02-0.056) p=0.000 0.04 (0.011-0.059) p=0.004
Visual-spatial score 0.02 (−0.003-0.034) p=0.108
Sit-to-Stand (dependent variable: Pitch range [deg/s] of transition)
Episodic memory score −0.19 (−0.078-0.40) p=0.533
Semantic memory score −0.04 (−0.11-0.02) p=0.203
Working memory score −0.09 (−0.16—0.26) p=0.007 −0.06 (−0.13-0.012) p=0.102
Perceptual speed score −0.07(−0.13—0.008) p=0.027 −0.04 (−0.11-0.026) p=0.215
Visual-spatial score −0.06 (−0.12-0.005) p=0.07
Turning (dependent variable: yaw amplitude [deg/s] during the turn-to-walk transition)
Episodic memory score 4.91 (0.41-9.41) p=0.033 −1.23 (−6.55-4.09) p=0.65
Semantic memory score 4.45 (−0.66-9.56) p=0.088
Working memory score 6.89 (1.81-11.97) p=0.008 0.40 (−5.53-6.34) p=0.89
Perceptual speed score 9.83 (5.03-14.64) p=0.000 6.09 (0.74-11.44) p=0.03
Visual-spatial ability score 8.77 (3.86-13.68) p=0.000 8.68 (2.61-14.74) p=0.05

* Entries are the B values, 95% confidence intervals and the associated p-value. Multivariate model was adjusted for age, sex and years of education.