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. 2005 Jul 26;2:21. doi: 10.1186/1743-0003-2-21

Table 1.

Characteristics of entire study cohort and stratifying by past year fall history

Total sample N = 503 No falls N = 422 ≥1 fall N = 81 P-value*
Age (years) 79.3 (4.1) 79.1 (3.9) 80.3 (5.1) .02
Weight (lbs) 154.9 (28.9) 154.8 (28.3) 155.0 (32.4) .96
Height (cm) 164.3 (9.3) 164.5 (9.4) 163.0 (9.0) .18
ADL difficulty n (%) 148 (29.4) 122 (28.9) 26 (32.1) .56
African American n (%) 113 (22.5) 93 (22.0) 20 (24.7) .80
Female n (%) 306 (60.8) 248 (58.8) 58 (71.6) .03
Gait Characteristics
 Step width (m) 0.21 (.04) 0.22 (0.04) 0.21 (0.05) .46
 Step length (m) 0.57 (0.09) 0.57 (0.09) 0.56 (0.10) .14
 Stance time (s) 0.73 (0.09) 0.73 (0.09) 0.73 (0.10) .71
 Step time (s) 0.56 (0.06) 0.56 (0.06) 0.56 (0.06) .81
 Gait speed (m/s) 1.03 (0.21) 1.04 (.20) 1.02 (.23) .40

* P-values are for independent t-test comparing continuous data and chi square comparing categorical data between individuals who reported no falls and those who reported ≥ 1 fall in the past year.