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. 2017 Nov 8;8:578. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2017.00578

Table 1.

Thresholds segmented by age group and results of condition 4 of the balance test, with 95% confidence intervals.

Age (years) No. subjects Yaw 1 Hz (°/s) y-translation 1 Hz (cm/s) z-translation 1 Hz (cm/s) Roll tilt 1 Hz (°/s) Roll tilt 0.2 Hz (°/s)
All 105 1.11 (1.01–1.23) 0.78 (0.69–0.89) 1.97 (1.68–2.30) 0.93 (0.83–1.04) 0.46 (0.41–0.51)
18–29 29 1.06 (0.87–1.28) 0.61 (0.48–0.79) 1.36 (1.04–1.77) 0.70 (0.60–0.82) 0.37 (0.31–0.44)
30–39 20 1.04 (0.86–1.26) 0.64 (0.52–0.79) 1.26 (0.95–1.67) 0.65 (0.52–0.81) 0.37 (0.30–0.46)
40–49 19 0.99 (0.83–1.20) 0.79 (0.59–1.05) 1.91 (1.44–2.53) 0.92 (0.71–1.18) 0.46 (0.37–0.59)
50–59 21 1.16 (0.93–1.44) 0.99 (0.75–1.29) 2.81 (2.23–3.53) 1.19 (1.00–1.42) 0.57 (0.45–0.72)
60–80 16 1.45 (1.14–1.85) 1.15 (0.87–1.53) 4.35 (2.86–6.61) 1.74 (1.29–2.35) 0.67 (0.50–0.88)

Passed balance 79 1.04 (0.94–1.16) 0.69 (0.61–0.79) 1.62 (1.37–1.92) 0.81 (0.71–0.91) 0.40 (0.36–0.45)
18–29 24 0.98 (0.79–1.21) 0.51 (0.43–0.60) 1.14 (0.93–1.40) 0.63 (0.55–0.73) 0.34 (0.29–0.41)
30–39 20 1.04 (0.86–1.26) 0.64 (0.52–0.79) 1.26 (0.95–1.67) 0.65 (0.52–0.81) 0.37 (0.30–0.46)
40–49 13 0.87 (0.70–1.09) 0.70 (0.52–0.95) 1.75 (1.18–2.60) 0.81 (0.62–1.05) 0.39 (0.32–0.47)
50–59 14 1.16 (0.91–1.48) 0.97 (0.66–1.41) 2.43 (1.84–3.19) 1.17 (0.94–1.46) 0.52 (0.38–0.69)
60–80 8 1.37 (1.03–1.83) 1.18 (0.77–1.81) 3.80 (1.97–7.35) 1.45 (1.00–2.10) 0.58 (0.40–0.84)

Failed balance 20 1.43 (1.19–1.71) 1.05 (0.81–1.35) 3.67 (2.79–4.84) 1.55 (1.18–2.04) 0.76 (0.60–0.95)
18–29 1 1.56 (1.56–1.56) 0.67 (0.67–0.67) 1.71 (1.71–1.71) 1.53 (1.53–1.53) 0.92 (0.92–0.92)
30–39 0
40–49 5 1.25 (0.98–1.58) 1.03 (0.50–2.11) 2.29 (1.85–2.84) 1.34 (0.76–2.34) 0.78 (0.48–1.27)
50–59 6 1.43 (1.14–1.81) 1.03 (0.74–1.44) 4.12 (3.04–5.59) 1.18 (0.83–1.67) 0.70 (0.49–1.01)
60–80 8 1.53 (1.05–2.25) 1.13 (0.78–1.63) 4.97 (3.02–8.19) 2.10 (1.36–3.23) 0.77 (0.52–1.13)