Table 3.
Number of impaired sensory systems in study participants by age and Health ABC score.
| Number of impairments | Sensory system | Age categories | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60–69 (N = 68) | 70–79 (N = 78) | 80+ (N = 87) | |||||
| Observed N (%)‡ |
Expected N (%) |
Observed N (%)‡ |
Expected N (%) |
Observed N (%)‡ |
Expected N (%) |
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| Any | Hearing (Hear) | 25/68 (36.8)† |
60/78 (76.9)† |
84/87 (97.0)# |
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| Vestibular (Vest) | 11/68 (16.2)† |
14/78 (17.9)† |
27/87 (31.0)# |
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| Vision (Vis) | 3/68 (4.4)† |
5/78 (6.4)# |
20/87 (23.0)# |
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| Proprioceptive (Pro) | 24/68 (35.3)† |
25/78 (32.1)# |
30/87 (34.5)# |
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|
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| Two | Vest + Vis | 0/68 (0)‡ |
<1/68 (0.71) |
1/78 (1.3)† |
<1/78 (1.1) |
0/87 (0)‡ |
6.2/87∗
(7.1) |
| Vest + Prop | 3/68 (4.4)† |
3.9/68 (5.7) |
0/78 (0)‡ |
4.5/78∗
(5.7) |
1/87 (1.1)# |
9.3/87 (10.7) |
|
| Vis + Prop | 1/68 (1.5)† |
1.1/68 (1.6) |
1/78 (1.3)# |
1.6/78 (2.1) |
0/87 (0)‡ |
6.9/87∗∗
(7.9) |
|
| Vest + Hear | 3/68 (4.4)† |
4.1/68 (6.0) |
6/78 (7.7)# |
11/78 (13.8) |
15/87 (17.2)# |
26/87∗
(30.1) |
|
| Vis + Hear | 0/68 (0)‡ |
1.1/68 (1.6) |
1/78 (1.3)# |
3.8/78 (4.9) |
8/87 (9.2)† |
19/87∗
(22.3) |
|
| Prop + Hear | 5/68 (7.4)# |
8.8/68 (13.0) |
17/78 (21.8)† |
19/78 (24.7) |
14/87 (16.1)# |
29/87∗
(33.5) |
|
|
| |||||||
| Three | Vest+ Vis + Prop | 0/68 (0)‡ |
<1/68 (0.25) |
0/78 (0)‡ |
<1/78 (0.36) |
0/87 (0)‡ |
2.1/87 (2.5) |
| Vest + Vis + Hear | 0/68 (0)‡ |
<1/68 (0.26) |
0/78 (0)‡ |
<1/78 (0.88) |
3/87 (3.4)# |
6/87 (6.9) |
|
| Vis + Prop + Hear | 0/68 (0)‡ |
<1/68 (0.57) |
2/78 (2.6)# |
1.2/78 (1.6) |
7/87 (8.0)# |
6.7/87 (7.7) |
|
| Prop + Hear + Vest | 2/68 (2.9)† |
1.4/68 (2.1) |
3/78 (3.8)# |
3.4/78 (4.4) |
6/87 (6.9)# |
9.0/87 (10.4) |
|
|
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| Four | Vest + Vis + Prop + Hear | 0/68 (0)‡ |
<1/68 (0.09) |
0/78 (0)‡ |
<1/78 (0.28) |
2/87 (2.3)# |
2.1/87 (2.4) |
Greater than or equal to Health ABC score of 2.9 marked as †; below cutoff marked as #.
Single or double asterisk signifies observed and expected probabilities being significantly different using Chi-squared analysis (∗ p < 0.05) (∗∗ p < 0.01).