Table 4.
Association of Neuromuscular Impairment Burden With Fall Rates Over 3 Years, Stratified by High and Low Pain
| High Pain | Low Pain | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 143 | IRR (95% CI) | N = 222 | IRR (95% CI) | |
| Neuromuscular impairment burden | ||||
| 0 | 45 | Ref. | 95 | Ref. |
| 1 | 49 | 1.11 (0.60–2.07) | 82 | 0.66 (0.42–1.01) |
| 2 | 32 | 0.55 (0.27–1.11) | 31 | 1.41 (0.79–2.52) |
| 3 | 17 | 5.73 (2.46–13.34)a | 14 | 0.74 (0.31–1.77) |
| p-value | <.0001 | .34 | ||
Note: CI = confidence interval; IRR = incidence rate ratio. Adjusted for age, sex, and race. High pain: Brief Pain Inventory ≥3. Low pain: Brief Pain Index <3.
a95% CI excludes 1.