Table 2.
Injurious falls and injured fallers between 1997 and 2018, rate of injurious falls, incidence rate ratio (IRR) and hazard ratio (HR) adjusted for age, height and weight at baseline (95% CI)
| Sedentary controls n = 84 | Recreational gymnasts n = 103 |
All n = 187 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| All injurious falls, n | 194 | 184 | 378 |
| All injurious falls/10 years | 1.20 | 0.91 | |
| All falls with fractures | 39 | 63 | |
| All falls with fractures/10 years | 0.24 | 0.31 | |
| Age at first injurious fall, years | 72.0 (6.4) | 72.7 (8.1) | 72.3 (7.3) |
| Non-Faller, n (%) | 17 (20.2) | 35 (34.0) | 52 (27.8) |
| Injured faller, n (%) | 67 (79.8) | 68 (66.0) | 135 (72.2) |
| Faller (1 fall) | 23 (27.3) | 24 (23.3) | 47 (25.1) |
| Faller (2 falls) | 14 (16.7) | 19 (18.4) | 33 (17.6) |
| Faller (multiple falls) | 30 (35.7) | 25 (24.3) | 55 (29.4) |
| Fallers with fractures, n (%) | 29 (34.5) | 38 (36.9) | 67 (35.8) |
| Fallers with 1 fall resulting fracture | 24 (28.6) | 25 (24.3) | 49 (26.2) |
| Fallers with 2 falls resulting fractures | 2 (2.4) | 7 (6.8) | 9 (4.8) |
| Fallers with multiple falls resulting fractures | 3 (3.6) | 6 (5.8) | 9 (4.8) |
| Age at first fracture, years | 76.2 (6.8) | 72.4 (7.5) | 74.1 (7.4) |
| IRR (95% CI) | P-value | ||
| All injurious falls | 1 | 0.71 (0.52 to 0.96)* | 0.026 |
| Falls with fractures | 1 | 1.32 (0.81 to 2.17) | 0.27 |
| HR (95% CI) | |||
| All injured fallers | 1 | 0.73 (0.52 to 1.02) | 0.068 |
| Fallers with fractures | 1 | 1.16 (0.72 to 1.89) | 0.54 |
*Statistically significant difference between groups, p < 0.05