. 2020 Feb 14;20:234. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-8286-8

Table 1.

Prevalence, univariate odds ratios (ORs), and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for potential predictors of falling

Variable	Number		Missing rate(%)	Prevalence	OR	95% CI of OR (p-value)
Variable	faller	Not faller	Missing rate(%)	Prevalence	OR	95% CI of OR (p-value)
Total	1598	6758		19.1
Gender			0
Male	617	3295		15.8	Reference	–
Female	981	3463		22.1	1.51^*	1.35–1.69(< 0.01)
Age			0
65–75 years old	792	3917		16.8	Reference	–
≥ 75 years old	806	2841		22.1	1.40^*	1.26–1.57(< 0.01)
Area			0.28
Non-urbanized	1255	5241		19.3	Reference	–
Urbanized	337	1500		18.3	0.94	0.82–1.07 (0.34)
Education			0.78
Not high	1434	5662		20.2	Reference	–
High	154	1041		12.9	0.58^*	0.49–0.70(< 0.01)
Living alone			0
No	1374	6019		18.6	Reference	–
Yes	224	739		23.3	1.33^*	1.13–1.56(< 0.01)
Marital status			0
Married	886	4320		17.0	Reference	–
Single or others	712	2438		22.6	1.43^*	1.28–1.59(< 0.01)
Working status			0
Working	174	1069		14.0	Reference	–
Retired or others	1424	5689		20.0	1.53^*	1.29–1.81(< 0.01)
Income			4.61
≥ 30,000	732	3307		18.1	Reference	–
< 30,000	799	3133		20.3	1.15^*	1.03–1.29 (0.01)
Diabetes			0.14
No	1203	5462		18.0	Reference	–
Yes	391	1288		23.3	1.38^*	1.21–1.57(< 0.01)
Hyperlipidemia			1.40
No	1148	5095		18.4	Reference	–
Yes	415	1581		20.8	1.17^*	1.03–1.32 (0.02)
Asthma			0
No	1490	6396		18.9	Reference	–
Yes	108	362		23.0	1.28^*	1.03–1.60 (0.03)
Cardiovascular disease			0
No	1228	5633		17.9	Reference	–
Yes	370	1125		24.7	1.51^*	1.32–1.72(< 0.01)
Osteoporosis			0.22
No	1108	5298		17.3	Reference	–
Yes	486	1446		25.2	1.61^*	1.42–1.82(< 0.01)
Psycho disease			0
No	1542	6582		19.0	Reference	–
Yes	56	176		24.1	1.36^*	1.002–1.85 (0.04)
Epilepsy			0
No	1589	6744		19.1	Reference	–
Yes	9	14		39.1	2.73^*	1.18–6.31 (0.02)
Parkinson’s disease			0.13
No	1539	6644		18.8	Reference	–
Yes	52	110		32.1	2.04^*	1.46–2.85(< 0.01)
Dementia			0
No^a	1482	6550		18.5	Reference	–
Yes	116	208		35.8	2.46^*	1.95–3.11(< 0.01)
Osteoarthritis			0
No^a	1307	5921		18.1	Reference	–
Yes	291	837		25.8	1.58^*	1.36–1.83(< 0.01)
Urinary incontinence			0.34
No	1068	5321		16.7	Reference	–
Yes	523	1416		27.0	1.84^*	1.63–2.08(< 0.01)
Hypertension			0.12
No	739	3561		17.2	Reference	–
Yes	855	3191		21.1	1.29^*	1.16–1.44(< 0.01)
Visual impairment			0.11
No	277	1288		17.7	Reference	–
Yes	1321	5461		19.5	1.13	0.98–1.30 (0.11)
Hearing impairment			0.04
No	1192	5486		17.8	Reference	–
Yes	406	1269		24.2	1.47^*	1.30–1.67(< 0.01)
Paralysis of limbs			0.69
No	1381	6183		18.3	Reference	–
Yes	203	531		27.7	1.71^*	1.44–2.03(< 0.01)
Self-report health status			9.16
Health	488	3248		13.1	Reference	–
poor	896	2959		23.2	2.02^*	1.79–2.28(< 0.01)
Pain			2.42
No	519	3386		13.3	Reference	–
Yes	1053	3196		24.8	2.15^*	1.92–2.41(< 0.01)
Hospital visit in the past year			0
No	940	5337		15.0	Reference	–
Yes	658	1421		31.6	2.63^*	2.34–2.95(< 0.01)
BMI			9.72
> 24	696	2848		19.6	Reference	–
≤ 24	724	3276		18.1	0.90	0.81–1.02 (0.09)
ADLs			0.08
< 3 activities	1299	6135		17.5	Reference	–
≥ 3 activities	299	616		32.7	2.29^*	1.97–2.67(< 0.01)
IADLs			0.3
Good	833	4767		14.9	Reference	–
Poor	761	1970		27.9	2.21^*	1.98–2.47(< 0.01)
Mobility			0.35
Good	433	3414		11.3	Reference	–
Poor	1161	3319		25.9	2.76^*	2.45–3.11(< 0.01)
Regular exercise			3.47
No	1445	6050		19.3	Reference	–
Yes	82	489		14.4	0.70^*	0.55–0.89(< 0.01)
Alcohol consumer			0.37
No	1434	5767		19.9	Reference	–
Yes	157	967		14.0	0.65^*	0.55–0.78(< 0.01)
Current smoker			0
No	1439	5863		19.7	Reference	–
Yes	159	895		15.1	0.72^*	0.61–0.86(< 0.01)
Betel nut chewing			0
No	1536	6536		19.0	Reference	–
Yes	62	222		21.8	1.19	0.89–1.58 (0.24)