Relationship between a three-month physical conditioning “posture-balance-motricity and health education” (PBM-HE) program on postural and balance capacities of sedentary older adults: influence of initial motor profile

Table 2 Evolution, odd ratio (OR) and significance for unipedal stance test on dominant side (D) and non-dominant side (ND), eyes opened (EO) and eyes closed (EC) for the low, middle and high levels of balance groups

		High balance (n = 250)	Middle balance (n = 40)		Low balance (n = 48)		P-value
		%	%	OR (IC 95%)	%	OR (IC 95%)	P-value
DEO	DEOtm < DEOin	4	12	5.44 (4.83–6.13)	11	4.79 (4.25–5.39)	< 0.001
	DEOtm = DEOin	75	37		40
	DEOtm > DEOin	21	51	4.78 (4.44–5.14)	49	4.34 (1.04–4.65)
NDEO	NDEOtm < NDEOin	4	7	2.91 (2.53–3.34)	21	8.54 (7.72–9.46)	< 0.001
	NDEOtm = NDEOin	71	50		49
	NDEOtm > NDEOin	25	43	2.42 (2.26–2.59)	30	1.66 (1.54–1.79)
DEC	DECtm < DECin	14	4	5.24 (4.48–6.12)	9	1.83 (1.52–2.19)	< 0.001
	DECtm = DECin	33	55		63
	DECtm > DECin	53	41	2.13 (1.98–2.29)	28	0.60 (0.55–0.66)
NDEC	NDECtm < NDECin	11	14	0.81 (0.73–0.90)	14	0.60 (0.54–0.66)	< 0.001
	NDECtm = NDECin	33	51		67
	NDECtm > NDECin	56	35	0.39 (0.36–0.43)	19	0.16 (0.15–0.18)

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