Table 3.
Non fallers = reference (n = 187) | ||||||
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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).