Table 1.
Characteristics of participants who have and have not reported a recent fall
| Total (N=471) |
Any fall (N=51) |
No fall (N=378) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender, N (%) | 0.310 | |||
| Male | 125 (29.0) | 18 (35.3) | 107 (28.3) | |
| Female | 306 (71.0) | 33 (64.7) | 271 (71.7) | |
| Race, N (%) | 0.100 | |||
| White | 386 (82.0) | 42 (82.4) | 342 (90.5) | |
| Non-white | 45 (9.6) | 9 (17.7) | 36 (9.5) | |
| Hispanic, N (%) | 0.710 | |||
| Yes | 13 (3.0) | 2 (3.9) | 11 (2.9) | |
| No | 415 (97.0) | 49 (96.0) | 364 (97.1) | |
| Marital status, N (%) | 0.325 | |||
| Married | 305 (70.8) | 33 (64.7) | 270 (71.4) | |
| Widowed | 41 (9.5) | 8 (15.7) | 33 (8.7) | |
| Other | 85 (19.7) | 10 (19.6) | 75 (19.8) | |
| Education, N (%) | 0.668 | |||
| ≤HS | 142 (33) | 18 (35.3) | 122 (32.3) | |
| ≥Partial college | 289 (67) | 33 (64.7) | 256 (67.7) | |
| Previous surgery, N (%) | 0.174 | |||
| Yes | 367 (85.2) | 40 (78.4) | 325 (86.0) | |
| No | 64 (14.9) | 11 (21.6) | 53 (14.0) | |
| Previous RT, N (%) | 0.478 | |||
| Yes | 203 (47.1) | 25 (50.0) | 176 (46.6) | |
| No | 228 (52.9) | 25 (50.0) | 202 (53.4) | |
| Breast cancer, N (%) | 0.049* | |||
| Yes | 173 (40.1) | 14 (27.5) | 171 (41.5) | |
| No | 258 (59.9) | 37 (72.5) | 258 (58.4) | |
| Previous taxane treatment, N (%) | 0.768 | |||
| Yes | 253 (53.7) | 26 (51.0) | 201 (46.8) | |
| No | 198 (46.3) | 25 (49.0) | 177 (53.2) | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 60.0 (10.3) | 62.0 (9.6) | 59.9 (10.2) | 0.141 |
| Months from end of chemotherapy, mean (SD) | 15.5 (21.4) | 21.7 (31.1) | 14.7 (19.7) | 0.127 |
| Sensory, mean (SD) | 21.8 (4.9) | 24.3 (5.2) | 21.5 (4.7) | 0.0008* |
| Motor, mean (SD) | 15.56 (4.7) | 18.4 (5.6) | 15.2 (4.5) | 0.0003* |
P value is based on χ2 test (categorical variables) or t test (continuous variables) between groups of participants who reported any falls or no fall HS high school, RT radiation therapy
*
p=0.05