* To calculate walking speed in cm/s, divide the distance covered (in cm) by the time (in seconds) taken to cover that distance. For example, if it takes 2 seconds to walk 3 meters (i.e., 300 cm), walking speed is 300/2 = 150cm/s.
Notes
The methods used to produce the norms available via the application are described in detail in an article (1).
Please quote this reference when using these standards.
We initially generated walking speed norms that took into account the level of education (1), as walking speed increases with the level of education. However, depending on the objectives, it may be useful to use norms that do not take education level into account. For this reason, we are making available here norms that do not take education level into account.
The results of models in which we do not take account of educational attainment are not described in the article (1). The table below presents the fixed effects of the multilevel linear regression models used to estimate the norms for usual and fast walking speed after inverse probability weighting and multiple imputation (corresponding to Table 3 in the article).
References
1. Santos F, Renuy A, Ozguler A, Ribet C, Goldberg M, Zins M, Artaud F, Elbaz A. Norms for usual and maximum walking speed in adults 45-69 years old from the French general population: Constances study. JAMDA (2023):
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2023.10.001