Table 4.

Risk factors for recurrent falls from multivariate logistic regression models.

Parameter	Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Difficulty with tandem stand*	13.5 (3.0, 60.5)
Antidepressant use	3.7 (1.8, 7.7)
Exhaustion†	3.7 (1.8, 7.7)
Diabetes	3.6 (1.4, 9.4)
Female gender	3.5 (1.4, 8.8)
Shrinking‡	3.4 (1.2, 10.1)
Opiate use	3.1 (1.5, 6.5)
Current/prior didanosine	2.6 (1.2, 5.4)
Sedative use	2.5 (1.1, 5.5)

^*Inability to stand heel-to-toe for ≥ 3 seconds;

^†Three to four times/week of feeling “everything I do is an effort” or “sometimes I just cannot get going”;

^‡Unintentional weight loss of ≥ 10 pounds or decrease of 5% body weight in the last year