Table 3 Association of number of steps or daily gait speed with prefrailty in the binomial logistic regression models.

From: Screening prefrailty in Japanese community-dwelling older adults with daily gait speed and number of steps via tri-axial accelerometers

Model

Group

Crude

Adjusted+

Odds ratio (95% CI)

Significant difference

Odds ratio (95% CI)

Significant difference

Number of steps

Low Steps (n = 796)

Reference

*p < 0.001

Reference

*p < 0.001

High Steps (n = 896)

0.515 (0.422–0.629)

0.556 (0.452–0.684)

Daily gait speed

Low Speed (n = 854)

Reference

*p < 0.001

Reference

*p = 0.004

High Speed (n = 838)

0.664 (0.545–0.808)

0.738 (0.599–0.909)

  1. +Adjusting variables were age, sex, and body mass index (BMI). CI, confidence interval; *p < 0.05.
  2. Low Steps: Participants with a number of steps of < 6342.2 steps/day.
  3. High Steps: Participants with a number of steps of ≥ 6342.2 steps/day.
  4. Low Speed: Participants with a daily gait speed of < 106.3 cm/s.
  5. High Speed: Participants with a daily gait speed of ≥ 106.3 cm/s.
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