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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Maturitas. 2017 Dec 8;109:26–31. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2017.12.006

Table 1.

The Short Physical Performance Battery, participants in the Bogalusa Babies and BiCEPS studies, 2011–2016, n=761 Balance

0 (not attempted or: side-by side <10 sec) 2 0.3
 1 11 1.5
 2 13 1.7
 3 41 5.4
 4 (side-by-side, semi-tandem, tandem each 10 sec or more) 690 91.2
4m walk
 1 (>8.7 sec) 1 0.1
 2 (6.21–8.70 sec) 10 1.3
 3 (4.82–6.20 sec) 61 8.1
 4 (<4.82 sec) 681 90.4
chair
 0 (unable/>60 sec) 9 1.3
 1 (>16.7 sec) 60 8.3
 2 (13.70–16.7 sec) 106 14.7
 3 (11.2–13.7) 111 15.4
 4 (<=11.2) 433 30.2
total
 <8 8 1.1
 8–9 87 12.4
 10 98 14.0
 11 121 17.3
 12 395 56.3
mean SD range
6-minute walk, meters 414 80 202–676a
length of time for 10 chair stands (seconds) 23.6 6.8 6.1–61.6
knee strength, average across 3 attempts per knee 44 14 5.1–86.3
average grip strength (kg) 28 6.5 4.4–49.7
pegboard dexterity, time in sec, dominant hand 76 28 44–240b
pegboard dexterity, time in sec, nondominant hand 82 31 47–283b
a

if attempted but not completed assigned minimum value-1

b

if attempted but not completed assigned maximum value+1