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Table 1 Participant characteristics by gender (N = 73)

From: The role of gender in the association between personality and task priority in older adults’ dual-tasking while walking

Characteristic

Male mean ± SD

Female mean ± SD

P-value

Age, years

74.7 ± 6.5

73.9 ± 6.0

.738

Openness

3.31 ± .54

3.39 ± .47

.452

Neuroticism

2.52 ± .56

2.64 ± .47

.208

Agreeableness

3.69 ± .51

4.10 ± .46

.47

Conscientiousness

4.00 ± .61

3.80 ± .51

.143

Extroversion

3.23 ± .35

3.7 ± .43

.419

MoCA

22.12 ± 3.2

21.9 ± 2.9

.438

ST walk (meters)

52.93 ± 6.1

53.87 ± 7.8

.13

DT walk (meters)

41.3 ± 10.3

42.0 ± 4.9

.09

  1. MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment, ST single task, DT dual task