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Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2021 Jan;53(1):165–173. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002430

Table 5:

F-Tests and Mixed Regression Model Coefficients for Effects of Individual Characteristics on Walking Speed at a Given Cadence

Test/Model^†	Variable/Predictor Term	p-value	Coefficient [95% CI]
Main Effect	Age	0.046^*	−0.0788	[−0.156, −0.00175]
	BMI	0.90	--	--
	Leg Length	<0.001^*	1.05	[0.830, 1.265]
	Height	<0.001^*	0.633	[0.504, 0.762]
Interaction with Cadence^†	Age	0.89	--	--
	BMI	0.53	--	--
	Leg Length	<0.001^*	0.0136	[0.00844, 0.0187]
	Height	<0.001^*	0.00783	[0.00476, 0.0109]
Full CME^‡	Cadence^*Age	<0.001^*	−0.00279	[−0.00367, −0.000383]
	Cadence²^*BMI	0.17	--	--
	Age^*Leg Length	0.003^*	0.00330	[0.0000411, 0.00466]

All tests/models also include main effect of cadence

^†

Tests for interaction also include main effects

^‡

Full CME tests simultaneously include all predictor terms in the model

p <0.05

CME = cadence-based metabolic equation; BMI = body mass index