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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 23.
Published in final edited form as: Int Psychogeriatr. 2011 Aug 1;24(2):253–260. doi: 10.1017/S1041610211001499

Table 3.

Subthreshold Depressive Symptoms and Performance Assessment: Lower Extremity Function, Executive Function, Psychomotor Speed

No Symptoms
(n=197)
Subthreshold
Symptoms
(n=93)

Lower Extremity Performance Assessment
  4-meter walk speed, m/sec, μ (SD) 0.81 (0.28) 0.73 (0.23)**
  Able to complete side-by-side stand, % 100.0 100.0
  Able to complete semi-tandem stand, % 82.2 82.8
    Seconds held, μ (SD) 8.6 (3.1) 8.7 (3.1)
  Able to complete full tandem stand, % 51.3 53.8
    Seconds held, μ (SD) 6.6 (4.0) 6.7 (4.0)
  Time to complete chair stand 5×, sec, μ (SD) 12.1 (6.7) 14.6 (9.2)**
  SPPB composite score, μ (SD) 8.77 (2.8) 8.22 (2.7)

Psychomotor Speed
  Grooved Pegboard, peg/sec, μ (SD) 7.8 (8.2) 8.1 (8.4)
  Moberg Pick-Up Test, sec, μ (SD) 19.9 (12.5) 22.0 (22.0)

Executive Function
  Trails A, sec, μ (SD) 97.1 (51.2) 113.1 (52.9)*
  Trails B, sec, μ (SD) 167.3 (51.9) 189.8 (47.5)***
  Letter fluency, CFL, μ (SD) 29.2 (14.2) 27.1 (10.8)
  Category fluency, animals, μ (SD) 14.4 (4.5) 13.6 (3.5)

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

***

p < .001 by t-test