Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study population (n = 139)

	Fallers with drug change (n = 75)		Fallers without drug change (n = 64)
Characteristic	n	% (SD)	n	% (SD)	P value
Mean age (SD)	78.4	(5.2)	78.8	(5.9)	0.66
Female gender	53	71%	52	81%	0.17
Referral for falls	64	85%	43	67%	0.015*
>1 fall last year	58	77%	47	73%	0.59
≥1 fall per month	33	43%	22	35%	0.25
Use of walking aid	40	53%	32	50%	0.69
Mean ADL (SD)	0.72	(1.7)	0.78	(1.6)	0.83
Mean IADL (SD)	13.65	(3.1)	13.59	(3.5)	0.92
Mean MMSE (SD)	27.0	(2.8)	27.2	(2.5)	0.67
Mean number of drugs (SD)	6.2	(2.6)	4.3	(2.5)	0.000*
Mean number of FRID (SD)	2.9	(1.7)	1.7	(1.5)	0.000*
Mean number of comorbidity (SD)	4.6	(1.9)	3.7	(1.7)	0.002*

SD standard deviation; ADL activities of daily living; IADL instrumental activities of daily living; MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination; FRID fall-risk-increasing drugs.

^*P < 0.05.