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. 2020 Jun 8;28:e3289. doi: 10.1590/1518-8345.3911.3289

Table 1. Occurrence of falls in chronic renal patients. São João da Boa Vista, SP, Brazil, 2018-2019 (n* = 131).

Variable Fall last year p
No Yes
n % n %
Gender         0.0820
Male 48 69.5 21 30.4  
Female 34 54.8 28 45.1  
Marital status         0.3273
No partner 39 67.2 19 32.7  
Has a partner 43 58.9 30 41.1  
Systemic Arterial Hypertension 0.1283
No 17 51.5 16 48.4  
Yes 65 66.3 33 33.6  
Diabetes Mellitus         0.0067
No 58 71.6 23 28.4  
Yes 24 48.0 26 52.0  
Limb amputation         0.5356 §
No 74 61.6 46 38.3  
Yes 8 72.7 3 27.2  
Difficulty walking         0.0314
No 51 70.8 21 29.1  
Yes 31 52.5 28 47.4  
Walking aid device         0.0025
No 76 67.8 36 32.1  
Yes 6 31.5 13 68.4  
Bone Mineral Disease         0.6483
No 66 61.6 41 38.3  
Yes 16 66.6 8 33.3  
Tilburg         0.4834
Not frail 47 65.2 25 34.7  
Frail 35 59.3 24 40.6  
*

n = Number of patients;

p = Value;

p = Value obtained through the Chi-Square test;

§

p = Value obtained through Fisher’s exact test