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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gait Posture. 2020 May 15;79:239–243. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.05.002

Table 2:

Association of quantitative gait variables during straight and turn phases with incident falls.

Variable Adjusted* Hazard Ratio (95% Confidence Interval), p-value
Straights Turns
Stride Length (cm) 0.99 (0.98, 1.00), 0.214 0.99 (0.98, 1.00), 0.190
Stride Length Variability (CV) 1.02 (0.96, 1.01), 0.570 1.02 (0.99, 1.01), 0.184
Stride Velocity (cm/s) 0.99 (0.98, 1.00), 0.212 0.99 (0.98, 1.00), 0.193
Swing Percent (%) 0.89 (0.84, 0.96), 0.002 0.92 (0.87, 0.97), 0.003
Swing Percent Variability (CV) 1.03 (0.99, 1.070), 0.209 1.03 (1.00, 1.06), 0.030
Double Support Percent (%) 1.06 (1.02, 1.09), 0.001 1.04 (1.01, 1.07), 0.002

CV: Coefficient of Variation

*

All values adjusted for age, gender, years of education, global health score, and falls in the last year