Table 2.

Unadjusted and Adjusted^* RR and 95% CI for Associations Between Medication Adherence, Other Characteristics of Interest, and Falls in the MOBILIZE Boston Study

	Unadjusted association		Adjusted association
	RR	95% CI	RR	95% CI
Low medication adherence versus high medication adherence	1.6	1.3–1.9	1.5	1.2–1.9
Age (per 5 years)	1.1	1.0–1.2	1.1	1.0–1.2
Male	1.1	0.9–1.4	1.0	0.8–1.3
Race (white)	1.5	1.2–2.0	1.3	1.0–1.8
Greater than high school education	1.7	1.3–2.1	1.6	1.2–2.0
Consumes alcohol >3–4 days/week	1.2	1.0–1.6	1.3	1.0–1.6
Functional status*	1.6	1.3–2.1	1.7	1.3–2.2
Poor executive function†	1.0	1.0–1.0	1.0	1.0–1.0
Total number of medications
1–4 medications	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
5–7 medications	0.8	0.6–1.0	0.9	0.7–1.1
>7 medications	1.2	0.9–1.6	1.1	0.8–1.4

Notes: 95% CI = 95% confidence intervals; ADL, Activities of daily living; RR = rate ratios.

^*Difficulty or inability to perform one or more of the five ADLs versus no difficulty.

^†Per 10 s of time to complete trails B test.