California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco, USA.
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, USA.
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2021 Sep 13;76(10):e321-e327. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glab183.
Cut-points to define slow walking speed have largely been derived from expert opinion.
Study participants (13 589 men and 5043 women aged ≥65years) had walking speed (m/s) measured over 4-6 m (mean ± SD: 1.20 ± 0.27 m/s in men and 0.94 ± 0.24 m/s in women.) Mobility limitation was defined as any self-reported difficulty with walking approximately 1/4 mile (prevalence: 12.6% men, 26.4% women). Sex-stratified classification and regression tree (CART) models with 10-fold cross-validation identified walking speed cut-points that optimally discriminated those who reported mobility limitation from those who did not.
Among 5043 women, CART analysis identified 2 cut-points, classifying 4144 (82.2%) with walking speed ≥0.75 m/s, which we labeled as "fast"; 478 (9.5%) as "intermediate" (walking speed ≥0.62 m/s but <0.75 m/s); and 421 (8.3%) as "slow" (walking speed <0.62 m/s). Among 13 589 men, CART analysis identified 3 cut-points, classifying 10 001 (73.6%) with walking speed ≥1.00 m/s ("very fast"); 2901 (21.3%) as "fast" (walking speed ≥0.74 m/s but <1.00 m/s); 497 (3.7%) as "intermediate" (walking speed ≥0.57 m/s but <0.74 m/s); and 190 (1.4%) as "slow" (walking speed <0.57 m/s). Prevalence of self-reported mobility limitation was lowest in the "fast" or "very fast" (11% for men and 19% for women) and highest in the "slow" (60.5% in men and 71.0% in women). Rounding the 2 slower cut-points to 0.60 m/s and 0.75 m/s reclassified very few participants.
Cut-points in walking speed of approximately 0.60 m/s and 0.75 m/s discriminate those with self-reported mobility limitation from those without.
界定缓慢步行速度的切点主要源自专家意见。
研究参与者(13589 名男性和 5043 名≥65 岁的女性)的步行速度(m/s)在 4-6m 范围内进行测量(男性的平均值±标准差为 1.20±0.27m/s,女性为 0.94±0.24m/s)。行动受限定义为任何自我报告的行走约 1/4 英里的困难(患病率:男性为 12.6%,女性为 26.4%)。性别分层分类和回归树(CART)模型与 10 倍交叉验证相结合,确定了最佳区分报告有行动受限和没有行动受限的步行速度切点。
在 5043 名女性中,CART 分析确定了 2 个切点,将 4144 名(82.2%)行走速度≥0.75m/s 的女性归类为“快速”;478 名(9.5%)归类为“中等”(行走速度≥0.62m/s 但<0.75m/s);421 名(8.3%)归类为“缓慢”(行走速度<0.62m/s)。在 13589 名男性中,CART 分析确定了 3 个切点,将 10001 名(73.6%)行走速度≥1.00m/s 的男性归类为“非常快”;2901 名(21.3%)归类为“快速”(行走速度≥0.74m/s 但<1.00m/s);497 名(3.7%)归类为“中等”(行走速度≥0.57m/s 但<0.74m/s);190 名(1.4%)归类为“缓慢”(行走速度<0.57m/s)。报告有行动受限的患病率在“快速”或“非常快”的人群中最低(男性为 11%,女性为 19%),而在“缓慢”的人群中最高(男性为 60.5%,女性为 71.0%)。将 2 个较慢的切点四舍五入至 0.60m/s 和 0.75m/s,重新分类的参与者很少。
大约 0.60m/s 和 0.75m/s 的步行速度切点可区分有自我报告的行动受限者和无行动受限者。