Table 2. History of falling in the past 12 months in community-dwelling persons 70 years or oldera.
| Number of Falls | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Predictor Variables | N (%) (N=7,401) | None (N=5,925, 80.0%) | 1 (N=814, 11.0%) | >1 (N=662, 9.0%) | p-value |
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| IADL stage | |||||
| 0: No difficulty | 5151 (69.9) | 4415 (85.6) | 482 (9.4) | 254 (5.0) | <0.001 |
| I: Mild difficulty | 1238 (16.7) | 901 (72.9) | 170 (13.9) | 167 (13.3) | |
| II: Moderate difficulty | 462 (6.1) | 270 (57.9) | 83 (18.5) | 109 (23.6) | |
| III: Severe difficulty | 437 (5.8) | 262 (58.2) | 71 (17.5) | 104 (24.3) | |
| IV: Complete difficulty | 113 (1.5) | 77 (68.3) | 8 (5.9) | 28 (25.8) | |
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| Gender | |||||
| Male | 2705 (37.0) | 2261 (84.0) | 224 (8.1) | 220 (8.0) | <0.001 |
| Female | 4696 (63.0) | 3664 (77.6) | 590 (12.9) | 442 (9.5) | |
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| Race | |||||
| White | 6365 (88.8) | 5072 (79.8) | 726 (11.4) | 567 (8.9) | 0.225 |
| Black | 762 (7.3) | 627 (80.4) | 67 (9.4) | 68 (10.2) | |
| Other | 274 (3.9) | 226 (83.6) | 21 (7.6) | 27 (8.8) | |
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| Age, yrs | |||||
| 70-74 | 3630 (49.6) | 3024 (82.9) | 355 (9.9) | 251 (7.1) | <0.001 |
| 75-79 | 2021 (27.4) | 1623 (80.3) | 236 (11.5) | 162 (8.1) | |
| 80-84 | 1146 (15.1) | 866 (75.6) | 137 (12.2) | 143 (12.2) | |
| >85 | 604 (7.9) | 412 (68.0) | 86 (14.9) | 106 (17.1) | |
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| High school graduate | |||||
| Yes | 4364 (60.0) | 3519 (80.9) | 492 (11.2) | 353 (7.9) | 0.002 |
| No | 3037 (40.0) | 2406 (78.6) | 322 (10.9) | 309 (10.5) | |
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| Lives alone | |||||
| Yes | 2728 (36.7) | 2077 (75.9) | 350 (13.0) | 301 (11.1) | <0.001 |
| No | 4673 (63.3) | 3848 (82.3) | 464 (10.0) | 361 (7.7) | |
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| Lack of home accessibility features | |||||
| Yes | 436 (5.8) | 262 (60.2) | 68 (16.0) | 106 (23.8) | <0.001 |
| No | 6965 (94.2) | 5663 (81.2) | 746 (10.8) | 556 (8.0) | |
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| Stroke | |||||
| Yes | 553 (7.4) | 353 (63.6) | 83 (15.0) | 117 (21.4) | <0.001 |
| No | 6848 (92.6) | 5572 (81.3) | 731 (10.8) | 545 (8.0) | |
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| Cardiopulmonary | |||||
| Yes | 2387 (32.4) | 1796 (75.1) | 299 (12.9) | 292 (12.1) | <0.001 |
| No | 5014 (67.6) | 4129 (82.3) | 515 (10.2) | 370 (7.5) | |
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| Diabetes | |||||
| Yes | 870 (11.5) | 634 (72.1) | 109 (12.7) | 127 (15.2) | <0.001 |
| No | 6531 (88.5) | 5291 (18.0) | 705 (10.9) | 535 (8.1) | |
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| Hypertension | |||||
| Yes | 3215 (42.8) | 2486 (76.9) | 392 (12.4) | 337 (10.7) | <0.001 |
| No | 4186 (57.2) | 3439 (82.2) | 422 (10.1) | 325 (7.7) | |
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| Cancer | |||||
| Yes | 1201 (16.6) | 921 (77.4) | 134 (11.0) | 146 (11.6) | 0.002 |
| No | 6200 (83.4) | 5004 (80.5) | 680 (11.1) | 516 (8.4) | |
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| Arthritis | |||||
| Yes | 3375 (45.5) | 2511 (74.0) | 454 (13.7) | 410 (12.2) | <0.001 |
| No | 4026 (54.5) | 3414 (84.9) | 360 (8.9) | 252 (6.2) | |
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| Osteoporosis | |||||
| Yes | 541 (7.7) | 367 (68.0) | 97 (18.0) | 77 (14.0) | <0.001 |
| No | 6860 (92.3) | 5558 (80.9) | 717 (10.5) | 585 (8.5) | |
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| Cognitive impairment | |||||
| Yes | 298 (3.9) | 179 (58.6) | 44 (14.9) | 75 (26.5) | <0.001 |
| No | 7103 (96.1) | 5746 (80.8) | 770 (10.9) | 587 (8.2) | |
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| Major psychiatric disorders | |||||
| Yes | 67 (0.9) | 46 (65.6) | 11 (17.1) | 10 (17.3) | 0.014 |
| No | 7334 (99.1) | 5879 (80.1) | 803 (11.0) | 652 (8.9) | |
a
Sample sizes (Ns) are un-weighted and the proportions (%'s) are weighted. The first column is N (sample weighted column %). The remaining 3 columns are N (sample weighted row %).