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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Otol Neurotol. 2011 Oct;32(8):1309–1311. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31822e5bee

Table 3.

Prevalence (95% CI) and odds ratios of falling (95% CI) by time to failure on Test Condition 4, NHANES 2001–2004a

Time to failureb History of fallsc
(seconds) % (95% CI) OR (95% CI)

30 2.0 (1.2, 2.9) 1.0
20–29 4.1 (0.0, 9.5) 2.0 (0.5, 8.3)
10–19 6.7 (3.8, 9.7) 3.4 (1.9, 6.4)
< 10 7.0 (5.6, 8.4) 3.6 (2.4, 5.4)

CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio

a

N=6785, sample weights applied

b

Time to failure (in seconds) of Test Condition 4 of the modified Romberg test

c

Participants reported falling in the past 12 months; 10 participants had missing data