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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gait Posture. 2014 Jun 11;40(3):415–419. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2014.05.062

Table 4.

Comparison of Dual-task Performance between Walking While Reciting Alternate Letters of the Alphabet (WWR) and Walking While Counting Backwards by Sevens (WWC)

Outcome Effect Lower CI Upper CI p Value
WWR vs. WWC Velocity −4.98 * −6.94 −3.03 <.01
Age −.68 * −1.04 −.32 <.01
Gender −.1.03 −7.29 5.23 .75
Race −.60 −6.12 4.92 .83
Education .52 −.48 1.52 .31
Disease Comorbidity −2.03 −4.71 .64 .14
Gait Abnormality −7.41 * −14.22 −.60 .03


WWR vs. WWC Accuracy Ratio <−.01 −.05 .04 .91
Age <.01 −.00 .00 .58
Gender −.01 −.06 .03 .57
Race −.01 −.05 .03 .67
Education −.01 −.01 .00 .10
Disease Comorbidity −.01 −.03 .01 .51
Gait Abnormality <.01 −.05 .05 .93

p values were calculated using linear mixed effects models, adjusting for age, gender, race, education (years), disease comorbidity, and gait abnormality.

*

p < .05