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. 2014 Mar 20;1:5. doi: 10.1186/2197-1714-1-5

Table 4.

Generalized linear mixed model* of characteristics significantly associated with injurious** falls in the home among people aged 65 years and older

Falls characteristic Odds ratio 95% Confidence interval
Age group
  65–74 Ref –––
  75–84 2.1 1.1–3.8
  ≥85 2.1 1.0–4.3
Gender
  Male Ref –––
  Female 2.0 1.1–3.5
Location
  Living room Ref –––
  Bedroom 1.1 0.6–1.9
  Kitchen 1.4 0.7–2.7
  Bathroom 2.4 1.2–4.9
  Other specified 0.7 0.4–1.3
Direction of the fall
  Backward to sitting Ref –––
  Backward and landing flat 4.8 2.2–10.5
  Sideways 3.0 1.5–5.9
  Forward 2.2 1.2–4.3
  Straight down 1.6 0.3–7.9
  Other specified 0.4 0.3–6.9
  Not specified 5.0 2.0–12.6

*Model included age-group, gender, room, number of days in the study, activity, attributed cause, and direction of the fall.

**Injury severity (none, mild, moderate/severe) treated as a nominal variable.