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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Nov 26;62(1):123–129. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12594

Table 3.

Crude and Adjusted Association Between Frequent Fall Statusa and Motor Vehicle Collision (MVC) Involvement in the Previous Year

MVC Crude Adjustedb
Odds Ratio (95%
Confidence Interval) P-Value
Adjustedc
Any 1.53 (0.77–3.02) .22 1.49 (0.75–2.95) .26 1.55 (0.76–3.18) .23
Any at-fault 2.21 (0.97–5.06) .06 2.13 (0.93–4.89) .08 2.03 (0.84–4.90) .11
a

Frequent faller defined as falling ≤2 times in the previous year.

b

Adjusted for annual mileage (reference <7,300).

c

Adjusted for annual mileage and age (continuous), race (reference nonwhite), number of medical conditions (reference 0–2), cataracts (reference none), presence of any intraocular lens (reference none), hearing impairment (reference none), contrast sensitivity (reference ≥1.5), Useful Field of View subtest 2 (reference <150), and Trail-Making Test Part B (reference <2.47).