Table 3.

Risk of a fall during follow-up according to drug withdrawal in a cohort of older fallers (n = 139)

	Model 1*		Model 2†
Drug group	HR	(95% CI)	HR	(95% CI)
All FRID (n = 75)	0.65	(0.33, 1.28)	0.48	(0.23, 0.99)‡
CVD (n = 41)	0.48	(0.21, 1.09)	0.35	(0.15, 0.82)‡
PTD (n = 29)	0.71	(0.31–1.61)	0.56	(0.23–1.38)

CI confidence interval; FRID fall-risk-increasing drugs; CVD cardiovascular drugs; PTD psychotropic drugs; HR hazard ratio.

^*Model 1 adjusted for age and gender

^†Model 2 adjusted for age, gender, FRID use, baseline falls frequency, MMSE-score, number of comorbid conditions, and reason for referral.

^‡P < 0.05