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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Jun 17;61(7):1080–1088. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12326

Table 3.

Relative Risk (RR) of falling across quintiles of objective physical activity stratified by age.

Age <80 Age ≥80

N (%) RR1 (95% CI) RR2 (95% CI) N (%) RR1 (95% CI) RR2 (95% CI) p-interaction
Total EE (kcal/d)
Q1 (<1975.0) 40 (10.0) 1.04 (0.66, 1.64) 0.78 (0.44, 1.37) 134 (37.3) 1.07 (0.63, 1.83) 1.24 (0.70, 2.21) 0.50
Q2 (1975.0 - <2201.6) 64 (16.0) 0.87 (0.59, 1.26) 0.71 (0.47, 1.09) 100 (27.9) 1.17 (0.69, 1.99) 1.30 (0.75, 2.25)
Q3 (2201.6 - <2407.4) 77 (19.3) 0.66 (0.47, 0.94) 0.57 (0.40, 0.80) 60 (16.7) 0.81 (0.47, 1.40) 0.92 (0.52, 1.61)
Q4 (2407.4 - <2683.2) 93 (23.3) 0.69 (0.50, 0.95) 0.65 (0.47, 0.90) 41 (11.4) 1.11 (0.61, 2.00) 1.07 (0.60, 1.91)
Q5 (>2683.2) 126 (31.5) Ref Ref 24 (6.7) Ref Ref
P trend 0.93 0.27 0.63 0.27
Active EE (kcal/d)
Q1 (<190.6) 58 (14.5) 0.94 (0.62, 1.41) 0.75 (0.48, 1.19) 131 (36.5) 1.67 (1.05, 2.65) 1.43 (0.90, 2.26) 0.02
Q2 (190.6 - <323.8) 55 (13.8) 0.63 (0.41, 0.96) 0.53 (0.36, 0.79) 80 (22.3) 1.13 (0.69, 1.85) 1.11 (0.68, 1.79)
Q3 (323.8 - <507.8) 73 (18.3) 0.70 (0.49, 1.01) 0.63 (0.44, 0.90) 75 (20.9) 1.10 (0.68, 1.79) 1.12 (0.69, 1.82)
Q4 (507.8 - <775.0) 100 (25.0) 0.70 (0.51, 0.97) 0.66 (0.48, 0.92) 41 (11.4) 0.97 (0.56, 1.69) 1.00 (0.58, 1.70)
Q5 (>775.0) 114 (28.5) Ref Ref 32 (8.9) Ref Ref
P trend 0.42 0.08 0.01 0.09
Sedentary activity (mins/day)
Q1 (>1159.8) 107 (26.7) 1.09 (0.73, 1.63) 1.29 (0.84, 1.99) 36 (10.0) 0.56 (0.35, 0.88) 0.67 (0.42, 1.06) 0.01
Q2 (1159.8 - <1224.8) 94 (23.5) 0.95 (0.63, 1.43) 1.08 (0.69, 1.68) 44 (12.3) 0.62 (0.41, 0.95) 0.78 (0.51, 1.18)
Q3 (1224.8 - <1269.8) 72 (18.0) 0.95 (0.62, 1.44) 0.98 (0.63, 1.52) 84 (23.4) 0.70 (0.49, 1.01) 0.85 (0.59, 1.22)
Q4 (1269.8 - <1314.0) 62 (15.2) 0.75 (0.49, 1.17) 0.81 (0.52, 1.28) 82 (22.8) 0.78 (0.55, 1.13) 0.87 (0.60, 1.24)
Q5 (>1314.0) 65 (16.3) Ref Ref 113 (31.5) Ref Ref
P trend 0.36 0.10 0.005 0.08
Moderate activity (mins/day)
Q1 (<32.6) 57 (14.3) 0.93 (0.62, 1.40) 0.76 (0.48, 1.20) 122 (34.0) 1.83 (1.21, 2.79) 1.54 (0.99, 2.39) 0.01
Q2 (32.6 - <55.8) 59 (14.8) 0.68 (0.46, 1.01) 0.59 (0.40, 0.87) 86 (24.0) 1.23 (0.80, 1.91) 1.18 (0.77, 1.83)
Q3 (55.8 - <84.6) 77 (19.3) 0.77 (0.54, 1.11) 0.68 (0.48, 0.98) 67 (18.7) 1.17 (0.74, 1.84) 1.15 (0.73, 1.82)
Q4 (84.6 - <125.0) 95 (23.8) 0.81 (0.58, 1.14) 0.79 (0.56, 1.10) 44 (12.3) 1.08 (0.64, 1.82) 1.13 (0.69, 1.86)
Q5 (>125.0) 112 (28.0) Ref Ref 40 (11.4) Ref Ref
P trend 0.42 0.10 0.003 0.06

RR1= Base model=Adjusted for age, race, clinic, season.

RR2= Multivariate model=Base model + health status, height, weight, smoking, diabetes.