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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2014 Oct 14;47(16):3876–3881. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.10.006

Table 3.

Prediction sensitivity, specificity, and likelihood ratios of slip outcomes (fall vs. recovery) from logistic regression analysis based on each predictive variable.

Predictive variables Sensitivity Specificity Overall prediction (%) Likelihood ratio p value Threshold
Value (% fall) 95% CI Value (% recovery) 95% CI Value 95% CI
Feasible-stability-region measurement 68.4 58.6–76.7 56.2 45.8–66.0 62.6 1.56 1.19–2.05 < 0.001 −0.160
Margin of stability 71.4 61.8–79.4 36.0 26.8–46.3 54.5 1.12 0.91–1.36 0.166
Floquet multiplier 71.4 61.8–79.4 43.8 34.0–54.2 58.3 1.27 1.02–1.59 0.121
Lyapunov exponent Short-term 84.7 76.3–90.5 15.7 9.61–24.7 51.9 1.01 0.89–1.14 0.383
Long-term 65.3 55.5–74.0 48.3 38.2–58.6 57.2 1.26 0.99–1.62 0.205
Gait parameters variability Step length 63.3 53.4–72.1 47.2 37.2–57.5 55.6 1.20 0.94–1.54 0.116
Step width 60.2 50.3–69.3 48.3 38.2–58.6 54.5 1.17 0.90–1.51 0.011 0.026
Step time 84.7 76.3–90.5 18.0 11.4–27.2 52.9 1.03 0.91–1.17 0.459

CI: confidence interval.