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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Aging Clin Exp Res. 2015 May 21;28(1):121–130. doi: 10.1007/s40520-015-0372-x

Table 3.

Means (M), 95 % confidence intervals (CI) with corresponding p value and partial eta-squared ( ηp2) of counting performance during cognitive (COUNT) and cognitive–manual (CtCARRY) conditions for young (Y) and old (O)

Condition, variable, and age Phase
Straight-Walk
Sit-to-Stand
Turn
Turn-to-Sit
p-value
ηp2
M CI M CI M CI M CI (Phase main effect, Age main effect, Age by Phase interaction)
Simple (COUNT)
Response rate (%)
 Y 81.90 [69.63, 94.16] 6.39 [−5.88, 18.65] 51.74 [39.47, 64.00] 29.21 [16.95, 41.48] (<0.001, 0.072, 0.362) (0.704, 0.056, 0.054)
 O 67.05 [55.35, 78.74] 7.20 [−4.50, 18.89] 35.87 [24.18, 47.57] 28.10 [16.41, 39.80]
Accuracy (%)
 Y 97.41 [76.06, 118.75] 30.00 [8.65, 51.35] 100.00 [78.65, 121.35] 83.33 [61.99, 104.68] (<0.001, 0.104, 0.395) (0.405, 0.046, 0.050)
 O 87.05 [66.69, 107.40] 36.36 [16.01, 56.72] 70.46 [50.10, 90.81] 68.18 [47.83, 88.54]
Complex (CtCARRY)
Response rate (#/s)
 Y 82.06 [71.77, 92.35] 8.19 [−2.10, 18.49] 43.68 [33.39, 53.98] 25.69 [15.40, 35.98] (<0.001, 0.027, 0.159) (0.770, 0.083, 0.0.86)
 O 69.16 [59.35, 78.98] 12.01 [2.20, 21.82] 25.73 [15.91, 35.54] 20.54 [10.73, 30.36]
Accuracy (%)
 Y 91.23 [72.12, 110.34] 30.00 [10.89, 49.11] 94.67 [75.56, 113.78] 72.50 [53.39, 91.61] (<0.001, 0.477, 0.321) (0.387, 0.009, 0.059)
 O 92.10 [73.88, 110.33] 54.55 [36.32, 72.77] 84.85 [66.63, 103.07] 75.76 [57.54, 93.98]

TUG Timed Up-and-Go, COUNT Cognitive task, CARRY Manual task, CtCARRY Cognitive–manual task, DIAL Phone task