Table 4.

Cross-sectional association between hearing aid use and falls after 10 years (RQ-3)

		Incident falls (1)				Recurrent falls (≥ 2)
			OR [95% CI]	p		OR [95% CI]	p
Model 1		1 Fall/ 0 fallsa			≥ 2 Falls/ < 2 fallsa
Hearing aid use	No use or < 2 years (reference)	27/156	1		15/168	1
	≥ 2 years	60/267	1.20 [0.71, 2.01]	0.50	32/295	0.86 [0.39, 1.89]	0.71
Stratified model
Male
Hearing aid use	No use or < 2 years (reference)	-	-	-	8/60	1
	≥ 2 years	-	-	-	9/123	0.46 [0.14, 1.55]	0.21
Female
Hearing aid use	No use or < 2 years (reference)	-	-	-	7/108	1
	≥ 2 years	-	-	-	23/172	1.67 [0.94, 2.98]	0.082

Model 1 represents the unadjusted model

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, RQ research question

^aRepresents number of participants who reported falls per hearing aid use category

^*p < 0.05