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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2015 Mar 6;60(3):389–393. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2015.02.009

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics (n=380)

Age (years) 76.5 ± 6.8
Female (%) 212 (55.8)
Education (years) 14.5 ±3.1
Slow gaita, n (%) 59 (15.5)
Self-reported walking difficulty, n (%) 88 (23.2)
Clinical gait disorders, n (%) 184 (48.4)
Only 1 abnormal gait features, n (%) 115 (30.3)
Only 2 abnormal gait features, n (%) 72 (19.0)
Only 3 abnormal gait features, n (%) 24 (6.3)
Incident fallsb, n (%) 137 (36.1)

Only 1, 2, 3 abnormal gait features: only one, two or three feature(s) among slow gait, self-reported walking difficulty or clinical gait disorders;

a

Slow gait velocity is defined as one standard deviation or more below age and sex-appropriate mean values;

b

Any fall during the follow-up period.