Table 1.

 Characteristics of study sample. Figures are numbers (percentages) of participants unless stated otherwise

	All participants (n=110)	Participants with ≥1 fall reported (n=66)	Participants with no fall reported (n=44)	P value*
Age (years):
Mean (SD)	94.4 (2.4)	94.6 (2.6)	94.2 (1.9)	0.4
Median	93.8	93.8	93.7	—
Interquartile range	92.7-95.8	92.7-96.0	92.7-95.6	—
Range	91.6-105.8	91.8-105.8	91.6-99.3	—
Women	90 (82)	56 (85)	34 (77)	0.3
Left school aged ≥15 years	43 (39)	28 (42)	15 (34)	0.4
Non-manual social class†	51 (48)	30 (47)	21 (50)	0.8
Place of residence:
Community	62 (56)	35 (53)	27 (61)	0.4
Sheltered housing	19 (17)	13 (20)	6 (14)
Care home/long stay ward	29 (26)	18 (27)	11 (25)
Living alone:
Community	43/62 (69)	26/35 (74)	17/27 (63)	0.3
Sheltered housing	19/19 (100)	13/13 (100)	6/6 (100)	0.5
Maximum walking distance:
Unable to walk around local area	84 (76)	52 (79)	32 (73)	0.5
Unable to walk outdoors	34 (31)	19 (29)	15 (34)	0.6
Use of walking aid:
Not needed outdoors	13 (12)	5 (8)	8 (18)	0.6
Needed aid outdoors	86 (78)	54 (82)	32 (73)
Never goes outdoors	11 (10)	7 (11)	4 (9)
Not needed indoors	38 (35)	22 (33)	16 (36)	0.4
Needed aid indoors	71 (64)	44 (67)	27 (61)
Bedridden	1 (1)	0 (0)	1 (2)
Cannot climb stairs/<1 flight/day	72 (65)	47 (71)	25 (57)	0.1
Severe cognitive impairment‡	35 (32)	24 (36)	11 (25)	0.2
Falls in previous year§:
None recalled	46 (42)	23 (35)	23 (52)	<0.001
1 recalled fall	26 (24)	9 (15)	17 (39)
≥2 recalled falls	37 (34)	33 (50)	4 (9)

*For difference between participants with ≥1 and no reported fall(s).

†Data missing for four, two each with and without reported falls.

‡Min-mental state examination score 0-17 or diagnosed dementia

§Data missing for one.