Table 4.
Prevalence of slowness (gait speed <0.8 m/s) for each research site and by sex
| Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Albania | Latin America | Canada | Albania | Latin America | |
| All, n (%) | 39 (10.6 %) | 79 (43.2 %) | 137 (36.9 %) | 52 (12.7 %) | 110 (55.0 %) | 243 (60.0 %) |
| Age (year), n (%) | ||||||
| 65–69 | 18 (8.1 %) | 34 (40.0 %) | 69 (34.8 %) | 19 (8.2 %) | 50 (49.0 %) | 117 (55.5 %) |
| 70–74 | 20 (14.9 %) | 43 (47.3 %) | 65 (39.6 %) | 32 (18.6 %) | 55 (60.4 %) | 120 (64.5 %) |
| BMI, n (%) | ||||||
| Normal weight | 7 (7.6 %) | 17 (47.2 %) | 46 (30.7 %) | 11 (8.0 %) | 19 (63.3 %) | 54 (45.8 %) |
| Overweight | 10 (6.6 %) | 47 (46.1 % | 65 (41.1 %) | 10 (6.8 %) | 38 (51.4 %) | 106 (62.7 %) |
| Obese | 38 (18.1 %) | 15 (33.3 %) | 25 (43.9 %) | 31 (25.2 %) | 52 (55.9 %) | 81 (71.1 %) |
| Height, n (%)a | ||||||
| Tertile 1 | 16 (11.7 %) | 29 (43.9 %) | 52 (39.7 %) | 22 (14.0 %) | 48 (62.3 %) | 107 (66.9 %) |
| Tertile 2 | 15 (13.2 %) | 24 (41.4 %) | 46 (37.4 %) | 29 (11.6 %) | 33 (53.2 %) | 68(61.3 %) |
| Tertile 3 | 8 (6.9 %) | 26 (44.1 %) | 39 (33.3 %) | 1 (33.3 %) | 29 (47.5 %) | 68 (50.7 %) |
| Waist circumference, n (%) | ||||||
| Non-obese | 34 (9.7 %) | 75 (42.1 %) | 137 (37.0 %) | 8 (5.5 %) | 11 (55.0 %) | 57 (44.9 %) |
| Abdominal obesity | 5 (33.3 %) | 4 (80.0 %) | – | 44 (16.7 %) | 99 (55.0 %) | 184 (66.9 %) |
aTertiles values for men—Canada: 1.52 ≤ Tertile 1 < 1.70; 1.70 ≤ Tertile 2 < 1.75; 1.75 ≤ Tertile 3 < 1.98. Albania: 1.58 ≤ Tertile 1 < 1.68; 1.68 ≤ Tertile 2 < 1.73; 1.73 ≤ Tertile 3 < 1.84. Latin America: 1.42 ≤ Tertile 1 < 1.61; 1.61 ≤ Tertile 2 < 1.67; 1.67 ≤ Tertile 3 < 1.87. Tertiles values for women- Canada: 1.40 ≤ Tertile 1 < 1.57; 1.57 ≤ Tertile 2 < 1.61; 1.61 ≤ Tertile 3 < 1.76. Albania: 1.39 ≤ Tertile 1 < 1.52; 1.52 ≤ Tertile 2 < 1.56; 1.56 ≤ Tertile 3 < 1.77. in Latin America: 1.32 ≤ Tertile 1 < 1.48; 1.48 ≤ Tertile 2 < 1.52; 1.52 ≤ Tertile 3 < 1.75