TABLE 2.
Collected covariates by fall-status and by fall-risk classification
| Characteristic | No falls (n=220) | Any falls (n=79) | P-value | Not at fall-risk (n=197) | Fall-risk (n=92) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | ||||||
| Age | 74.3 (6.8) | 72.4 (6.4) | 0.03 | 74.0 (6.5) | 73.4 (7.0) | 0.46 |
| Female sex | 47% | 50.6% | 0.57 | 53.8% | 47.8% | 0.34 |
| White race | 97.0% | 94.9% | 0.4 | 96.4% | 95.6% | 0.96 |
| Hearing Characteristics | ||||||
| *Any HA use | 72.7% | 56.9% | 0.01 | 74.5% | 54.8% | <0.001 |
| *Consistent HA use | 66.4% | 44.3% | <0.00 | 66.6% | 46.2% | <0.001 |
| Hearing loss severity (dB) | 35.9 (15.3) | 35.9 (15.1) | 0.99 | 35.9 (15.9) | 35.9 (13.7) | 0.99 |
| Hearing loss asymmetry (dB) | 5.9 (9.2) | 8.4 (16.7) | 0.2 | 6.8 (12.7) | 6.0 (9.6) | 0.55 |
| *Hearing loss duration (years) | 12.3 (14.6) | 11.9 (12.3) | 0.8 | 12.2 (14.8) | 11.9 (12.2) | 0.85 |
| Comorbidities | ||||||
| ARS score | 1.0 (1.5) | 1.6 (2.0) | 0.03 | 0.9 (1.5) | 1.7 (2.0) | 0.001 |
| Diabetes | 14.8% | 18.4% | 0.46 | 12.8% | 22.2% | 0.04 |
| Stroke | 3.6% | 6.3% | 0.36 | 4.3% | 5.6% | 0.64 |
| Cognitive decline | 1.8% | 2.5% | 0.74 | 1.6% | 3.3% | 0.36 |
| Previous falls | 1.4% | 7.6% | 0.007 | 1.6% | 6.7% | 0.03 |
| *Positional dizziness | 15.2% | 10.8% | 0.27 | 5.0% | 26.9% | <0.001 |
| *Use glasses | 78.7% | 70.5% | 0.14 | 76.5% | 76.1% | 0.94 |
*
indicates any characteristic collected by participant self-report. Continuous variables are shown by their means (standard deviations) and categorical variables are shown by proportion. P-values are for Welch’s t-tests (continuous variables) and chi-squared tests (categorical variables), significant p-values are in bold. ARS=Anticholinergic Risk Scale, dB=decibel, HA=Hearing Aid.