Table 6.

Maximal and habitual gait speed for men and women by 10 year age groups and for the full age range (20–93 years, displayed as mean ± standard deviation)

Age group	Men			Women
	n	Habitual gait speed (m/s)	Maximal gait speed (m/s)	n	Habitual gait speed (m/s)	Maximal gait speed (m/s)
20–29	40	1.84 ± 0.25	2.92 ± 0.40	60	1.63 ± 0.26	2.58 ± 0.42
30–39	51	1.72 ± 0.26	2.72 ± 0.42	74	1.61 ± 0.26	2.55 ± 0.42
40–49	83	1.76 ± 0.31	2.79 ± 0.49	96	1.57 ± 0.28	2.49 ± 0.44
50–59	96	1.68 ± 0.28	2.63 ± 0.44	109	1.57 ± 0.32	2.49 ± 0.51
60–69	118	1.66 ± 0.35	2.43 ± 0.50*	130	1.54 ± 0.34	2.19 ± 0.49*
70–79	127	1.54 ± 0.29*	2.00 ± 0.42*	150	1.37 ± 0.27*	1.76 ± 0.39*
≥80	42	1.30 ± 0.34*	1.65 ± 0.49*	72	1.15 ± 0.23*	1.44 ± 0.34*
All	557	1.64 ± 0.33	2.42 ± 0.59	691	1.49 ± 0.32	2.18 ± 0.59

^* Statistically significant differences compared with the young adult (20–39 years) reference data (P < 0.05).