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. 2021 Nov 18;21(22):7680. doi: 10.3390/s21227680

Table 4.

Group comparison of MGL and MC and effect size (r) compared between patients subdivided in H&Y stage 2, 3 and 4 (II, III, IV) and control group (c).

Group Comparison Effect Size p (Benjamini–Hochberg Post Hoc Test)
p αc z r c–II αc *
c–II
C–III αc *
c–III
c–IV αc *
c–IV
Bradykinesia/short steps
gait speed [m/s] MGL 0.002 0.003 3.784 0.53 0.172 0.356 0.007 0.011 <0.001 <0.001
MC 0.001 0.002 3.880 0.54 0.151 0.243 0.005 0.010 <0.001 <0.001
stride length [m] MGL 0.001 0.003 3.917 0.55 0.262 0.356 0.023 0.031 <0.001 * <0.001
MC 0.001 0.002 3.926 0.55 0.247 0.247 0.024 0.024 <0.001 <0.001
stride time [s] MGL 0.025 0.002 −2.798 0.39 0.267 0.356 0.005 0.001 0.005 0.005
MC 0.008 0.008 −2.958 0.41 0.201 0.247 0.003 0.001 0.003 0.003
stance time [%] MGL 0.044 0.044 −2.832 0.40 0.464 0.464 0.159 0.159 0.005 0.005
MC 0.002 0.027 −3.766 0.53 0.029 0.116 0.020 0.023 <0.001 <0.001
swing time [%] MGL 0.044 0.044 2.832 0.40 0.464 0.464 0.159 0.159 0.005 0.005
MC 0.002 0.027 3.766 0.53 0.029 0.116 0.020 0.023 <0.001 <0.001
Shuffling gait
HS [°] MGL 0.001 0.003 3.740 0.52 0.011 0.088 0.001 0.004 <0.001 <0.001
MC 0.001 0.002 3.856 0.54 0.060 0.158 0.003 0.010 <0.001 <0.001
TO [°] MGL 0.002 0.003 3.701 0.52 0.204 0.356 0.004 0.010 <0.001 <0.001
MC 0.003 0.003 3.463 0.48 0.217 0.247 0.005 0.010 0.001 0.001
TC [cm] MGL <0.001 <0.001 4.370 0.61 0.024 0.096 0.001 0.004 <0.001 <0.001
MC 0.001 0.002 4.209 0.69 0.079 0.158 0.008 0.013 <0.001 <0.001

* Significance level corrected by Benjamini–Hochberg False Rate Discovery (αc) with p < 0.05; significant results are highlighted in bold.