Table 2.

Patient characteristics

Characteristics of fallers	Injured	Not injured
	141 (48.1%)	152 (51.9%)	p*	O.R.	95% C.I.
Age group (years)			0.83
65-75	18 (12.8%)	19 (12.5%)		ref	--
75-85	51 (36.2%)	56 (36.8%)		0.96	0.45-2.03
85-95	62 (44%)	70 (46.1%)		0.93	0.45-1.93
>95	10 (7.1%)	7 (4.6%)		1.50	0.47-4.81
Female	107 (75.9%)	114 (75%)	0.86	1.04	0.60-1.70
Recurrent faller	60 (42.9%)	73 (47.7%)	0.40	0.82	0.50-1.30

(*) Pearson chi-square test;