Table 3.
Baseline prevalence (percent) and 95% confidence interval of individual geriatric syndromes (GS) among women aged 65 years and older from the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study (n=29544). Table is to be read horizontally; for example, among women who had depressive symptoms, 32.3% also had dizziness.
| Depressive symptoms | Dizziness | Falls | Hearing Impairment | Osteoporosis | Polypharmacy | Sleep Disturbance | Syncope | UI | Visual Impairment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Prevalence | 8.0 (7.7, 8.3) | 18.6 (18.1, 19.0) | 11.3 (10.9, 11.6) | 29.2 (28.6, 29.7) | 11.8 (11.4, 12.1) | 22.0 (21.6, 22.5) | 7.7 (7.4, 8.0) | 2.4 (2.2, 2.6) | 29.3 (28.8, 29.9) | 20.5 (20.0, 20.9) |
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| Depressive symptoms | -- | 32.3 (30.4, 34.2) | 16.6 (15.1, 18.1) | 35.2 (33.3, 37.2) | 14.5 (13.1, 15.9) | 31.2 (29.4, 33.1) | 18.0 (16.4, 19.5) | 3.9 (3.1, 4.7) | 37.5 (35.5, 39.4) | 33.0 (31.1, 34.9) |
| Dizziness | 13.9 (13.0, 14.9) | -- | 16.1 (15.1, 17.0) | 38.8 (37.5, 40.1) | 14.2 (13.3, 15.2) | 29.8 (28.5, 31.0) | 10.8 (10.0, 11.7) | 5.6 (5.0, 6.2) | 36.1 (34.8, 37.3) | 33.0 (31.7, 34.2) |
| Falls | 11.8 (10.7, 12.9) | 26.5 (25.0, 28.0) | -- | 34.8 (33.2, 36.5) | 15.2 (14.0, 16.4) | 27.7 (26.2, 29.2) | 9.7 (8.7, 10.8) | 6.0 (5.1, 6.8) | 38.1 (36.5, 39.8) | 28.3 (26.8, 29.9) |
| Hearing Impairment | 9.7 (9.1, 10.3) | 24.7 (23.8, 25.6) | 13.5 (12.7, 14.2) | -- | 13.6 (12.9, 14.3) | 24.9 (24.0, 25.8) | 8.5 (7.9, 9.1) | 2.4 (2.1, 2.7) | 34.1 (33.1, 35.2) | 29.2 (28.2, 30.1) |
| Osteoporosis | 9.9 (8.9, 10.9) | 22.6 (21.2, 24.1) | 14.7 (13.5, 15.8) | 33.9 (32.3, 35.5) | -- | 29.9 (28.4, 31.4) | 9.5 (8.5, 10.5) | 3.5 (2.9, 4.1) | 33.8 (32.2, 35.4) | 24.5 (23.0, 25.9) |
| Polypharmacy | 11.4 (10.6, 12.1) | 25.1 (24.0, 26.1) | 14.2 (13.3, 15.0) | 33.0 (31.8, 34.1) | 15.9 (15.0, 16.8) | -- | 8.5 (7.8, 9.2) | 3.3 (2.9, 3.8) | 37.7 (36.5, 38.9) | 26.0 (24.9, 27.0) |
| Sleep Disturbance | 18.7 (17.1, 20.3) | 26.2 (24.4, 28.0) | 14.2 (12.8, 15.7) | 32.3 (30.4, 34.2) | 14.5 (13.0, 15.9) | 24.3 (22.5, 26.0) | -- | 3.3 (2.6, 4.1) | 32.2 (30.3, 34.1) | 25.6 (23.8, 27.4) |
| Syncope | 13.0 (10.5, 15.5) | 43.2 (39.5, 46.8) | 27.8 (24.5, 31.1) | 28.7 (25.3, 32.0) | 16.8 (14.0, 20.0) | 30.4 (27.0, 33.8) | 10.6 (8.4, 12.9) | -- | 34.2 (30.7, 37.7) | 26.9 (23.6, 30.2) |
| Urinary Incontinence | 10.2 (9.6, 10.9) | 22.9 (22.0, 23.8) | 14.6 (13.9, 15.4) | 33.9 (32.9, 34.9) | 13.6 (12.8, 14.3) | 28.3 (27.3, 29.2) | 8.5 (7.9, 9.1) | 2.8 (2.5, 3.2) | -- | 24.6 (23.7, 25.5) |
| Visual Impairment | 12.9 (12.0, 13.7) | 29.8 (28.7, 31.0) | 15.6 (14.7, 16.5) | 41.5 (40.2, 42.7) | 14.0 (13.1, 14.9) | 27.9 (26.8, 29.1) | 9.6 (8.8, 10.3) | 3.2 (2.7, 3.6) | 35.3 (34.1, 36.5) | -- |