Table 4.

Differences in mental health and chronic illness characteristics by fall status in adults aged 65 and older

Variables	Total (%)	Fall status			p-value1
		No	Single	Recurrent
Sleep duration (hr)					<0.001
≤5	25.5	77.5 (0.4)	12.4 (0.4)	10.1 (0.3)
6-8	68.7	81.8 (0.3)	11.2 (0.2)	7.0 (0.2)
≥9	5.8	76.7 (0.9)	13.2 (0.7)	10.1 (0.6)
Subjective stress level					<0.001
Rarely	35.1	83.3 (0.3)	10.9 (0.3)	5.7 (0.2)
A little	44.7	81.6 (0.3)	11.5 (0.3)	6.9 (0.2)
Much	17.3	73.5 (0.6)	13.1 (0.5)	13.4 (0.5)
Very much	2.9	67.7 (1.4)	13.1 (1.0)	19.3 (1.2)
Depression					<0.001
Yes	8.3	67.7 (0.9)	15.1 (0.7)	17.2 (0.8)
No	91.7	81.3 (0.2)	11.3 (0.2)	7.1 (0.1)
Hypertension					<0.001
Yes	51.0	79.3 (0.3)	12.0 (0.2)	8.7 (0.2)
No	49.0	81.5 (0.3)	11.2 (0.3)	7.2 (0.2)
Diabetes					<0.001
Yes	20.3	77.2 (0.5)	13.3 (0.4)	9.6 (0.4)
No	79.7	81.3 (0.2)	11.2 (0.2)	7.6 (0.2)
Hyperlipidemia					<0.001
Yes	18.4	77.7 (0.6)	13.0 (0.4)	9.2 (0.4)
No	81.6	81.1 (0.2)	11.3 (0.2)	7.7 (0.2)
Arthritis					<0.001
Yes	18.7	71.2 (0.5)	14.7 (0.4)	14.1 (0.4)
No	81.3	82.6 (0.2)	10.9 (0.2)	6.6 (0.1)
No. of chronic illnesses					<0.001
0	35.7	83.8 (0.3)	10.3 (0.3)	5.9 (0.2)
1	41.5	80.6 (0.3)	11.5 (0.3)	7.9 (0.2)
2	19.8	76.2 (0.5)	13.4 (0.4)	10.4 (0.4)
3	2.9	65.1 (1.6)	16.8 (1.4)	18.1 (1.2)

Values are presented as % (% standard error).

¹Chi-square test.