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. 2014 Feb 25;6:22. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00022

Table 3.

Regression coefficient β ± standard deviation and p-value for all baseline characteristics, obtained by multinomial logistic regression analysis.

Non fallers = reference (n = 187)
Fallers (+0 to +6 months) (n = 20) Fallers (+6 to +12 months) (n = 26) Fallers (+12 to +24 months) (n = 26)
β ± SD p β ± SD p β ± SD p
Gender 0.47 ± 0.47 0.320 0.62 ± 0.42 0.139 0.16 ± 0.43 0.707
Age 0.23 ± 0.09 0.010 −0.02 ± 0.08 0.805 −0.03 ± 0.08 0.750
Body mass index 0.05 ± 0.06 0.472 0.02 ± 0.06 0.734 0.04 ± 0.06 0.495
Taking medications 0.44 ± 0.65 0.504 1.19 ± 0.76 0.118 0.74 ± 0.64 0.249
Daily physical activity (>30 min) 0.27 ± 0.55 0.626 0.16 ± 0.50 0.746 0.55 ± 0.46 0.231
Global visual acuity −0.05 ± 0.09 0.558 −0.09 ± 0.08 0.275 0.03 ± 0.08 0.743
MMSE 0.01 ± 0.17 0.959 0.09 ± 0.18 0.625 0.07 ± 0.17 0.693
FAB −0.055 ± 0.08 0.496 0.057 ± 0.083 0.490 0.006 ± 0.078 0.938
One leg standing (>5sec) 0.68 ± 0.68 0.322 0.71 ± 0.61 0.245 −0.07 ± 0.78 0.924
No lower limb surgery 0.89 ± 0.56 0.117 0.28 ± 0.59 0.635 −0.05 ± 0.65 0.936
Not abnormal electrocardiogram 0.78 ± 0.53 0.141 0.81 ± 0.47 0.084 0.42 ± 0.51 0.408

Note. Significant results are indicated in bold type (i.e., p < 0.05).