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. 2019 Feb 5;74(9):1526–1532. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glz030

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.