Physical Performance in Older Cohorts: A Comparison of 81-Year-Old Swedish Men and Women Born Twelve Years Apart—Results from the Swedish Study “Good Aging in Skåne”
Table 4
Adjusted linear regression models for 81-year-old men with the results of the physical tests as the dependent variables and birth cohort as the independent variable.
81-year-old men, physical tests adjusted
n
B coefficient
SE
95% CI
value
Walking 15 m, normal speed (m/s)
218
Cohort 1920–22 vs. 1932–34
0.17
0.03
0.10/0.23
<0.001
Diabetes
−0.10
0.05
−0.19/0.00
0.045
Walking 15 m, maximum speed (m/s)
215
Cohort 1920–22 vs. 1932–34
0.22
0.04
0.14/0.31
<0.001
Education, university
0.09
0.04
0.01/0.17
0.030
Walking 2 × 15 m, normal speed (m/s)
218
Cohort 1920–22 vs. 1932–34
0.13
0.03
0.07/0.19
<0.001
Education, university
0.07
0.03
0.01/0.13
0.028
Walking 2 × 15 m, maximum speed (m/s)
215
Cohort 1920–22 vs. 1932–34
0.15
0.04
0.07/0.23
<0.001
Education, university
0.12
0.04
0.04/0.20
0.004
Diabetes
−0.13
0.06
−0.25/0.00
0.041
Number of steps 2 × 15 m, normal speed (n)
218
Cohort 1920–22 vs. 1932–34
−3.12
0.84
−4.65/−1.47
<0.001
Education, university
−1.98
0.81
−3.57/−0.93
0.015
Diabetes
3.59
1.25
1.12/6.06
0.005
Number of steps 2 × 15 m maximum speed (n)
215
Cohort 1920–22 vs. 1932–34
−3.31
0.73
−4.74/−1.87
<0.001
Education, university
−2.08
0.70
−3.47/−0.70
0.003
Diabetes
3.45
1.11
1.29/5.63
0.002
Chair stands (s)
208
Cohort 1920–22 vs. 1932–34
−2.01
0.46
−2.92/−1.10
<0.001
Education, university
−1.06
0.45
−1.96/−0.17
0.020
All regression models were initially adjusted for education, residential area, alcohol consumption, fractures of vertebrae/pelvis/lower extremities, diabetes, and depressive mood. The birth cohort for 1920–22 was used as the reference. Only significant confounders were included in the table.
