Table 3.

Differences from pairwise comparison of proportions of participants falling, and average number of falls per participant, attributable to various causes of falling

	Participants falling due to this cause		Number of falls per participant
	Odds ratio (95% CI)	p value*	Ratio of counts (95% CI)	p value*
Incorrect transfer or shift of bodyweight vs
Loss of support with external object†	4·5 (2·6–7·9)	<0·0001	3·7 (2·3–5·8)	<0·0001
Slip†	21·1 (8·6–51·8)	<0·0001	15·3 (6·5–36·1)	<0·0001
Collapse or loss of consciousness†	5·3 (2·9–9·5)	<0·0001	4·2 (2·6–6·8)	<0·0001
Hit or bump†	5·0 (2·8–8·9)	<0·0001	3·8 (2·4–6·1)	<0·0001
Trip or stumble†	3·0 (1·8–5·1)	<0·0001	2·1 (1·4–3·0)	0·0001
Trip or stumble vs
Hit or bump†	1·7 (0·9–3·1)	0·097	1·8 (1·1–3·1)	0·02
Collapse or loss of consciousness†	1·8 (0·9–3·3)	0·069	2·0 (1·2–3·4)	0·01
Loss of support with external object†	1·5 (0·8–2·7)	0·18	1·8 (1·1–2·9)	0·03
Slip vs
Trip or stumble‡	0·1 (0·05–0·4)	<0·0001	0·1 (0·05–0·3)	<0·0001
Collapse or loss of consciousness‡	0·3 (0·1–0·6)	0·004	0·3 (0·1–0·7)	0·007
Loss of support with external object‡	0·2 (0·08–0·5)	0·001	0·2 (0·09–0·6)	0·003
Hit or bump‡	0·2 (0·09–0·6)	0·003	0·2 (0·09–0·6)	0·003

^*p values are not adjusted for the 24 multiple comparisons.

^†Proportion was greater for cause in heading than for this cause.

^‡Proportion was greater for this cause than for cause in heading. Table 2 shows exact number per category.