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. 2010 May 19;65A(10):1086–1092. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glq077

Table 2.

Multivariate Predictors of Fall Status (yes or no) Over the 2-Year Follow-up Period*

Enter Method
Forward Stepwise (Wald) Method
OR (95% CI) p Value OR (95% CI) p Value
Model 0
EF index 2.55 (1.08–6.00) .032 3.02 (1.35–6.78) .007
Age 1.05 (0.95–1.16) .334 .383
Gender 0.52 (0.22–1.21) .129 .142
Model 1
EF index 2.54 (1.07–6.02) .034 2.45 (1.05–5.74) .038
Grip strength 0.95 (0.89–0.97) .037 0.95 (0.89–0.99) .043
Visual spatial 1.01 (0.98–1.04) .578 .577
Model 2
EF index 2.86 (1.11–7.41) .030 2.78 (1.18–6.55) .019
Grip strength 0.94 (0.88–0.99) .034 .061
Usual walking speed 3.54 (0.39–32.08) .260 .817
Model 3
EF index 3.35 (1.31–8.58) .012 3.68 (1.51–8.93) .004
Grip strength 0.94 (0.89–1.00) .063 .058
Usual walking 0.94 (0.72–1.21) .624 .643
Gait variability
Model 4
EF index 1.70 (0.66–4.38) .269 0.93 (0.87–0.99) .137
Grip strength 0.93 (0.87–0.99) .038 1.46 (1.04–2.03) .024
Dual tasking gait variability 1.39 (0.99–1.96) .055 .027

Notes: OR and CI obtained using enter and stepwise methods analysis are shown. CI = confidence interval; EF = executive function; OR = odds ratio.

*

See the footnote to Supplementary Material Table 2.