Table 2.
Association of falls with baseline variables—bivariate comparisons
| Risk factors | Prospective falls | OR (95% CI) | P value | |
| No fall | Fall | |||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Men (432 [43.2]) | 365 (84.5) | 67 (15.5) | 1.68 (1.21 to 2.33) | 0.002 |
| Women (568 [56.8]) | 434 (76.4) | 134 (23.6) | ||
| Age group in years | ||||
| 65–75 (648 [64.8]) | 528 (81.5) | 120 (18.5) | ||
| 75–85 (262 [26.2]) | 208 (79.4) | 54 (20.6) | 1.14 (0.80 to 1.64) | 0.468 |
| >85 (90 [9.0]) | 63 (70.0) | 27 (30.0) | 1.89 (1.15 to 3.09) | 0.012 |
| Diabetes (342 [34.2]) | ||||
| No | 532 (80.9) | 126 (19.1) | 1.19 (0.86 to 1.63) | 0.298 |
| Yes | 267 (78.1) | 75 (21.9) | ||
| Hypertension (768 [76.8]) | ||||
| No | 181 (78.0) | 51 (22.0) | 0.86 (0.60 to 1.23) | 0.414 |
| Yes | 618 (80.5) | 150 (19.5) | ||
| Asthma or COPD (225 [22.5]) | ||||
| No | 622 (80.3) | 153 (19.7) | 1.10 (0.77 to 1.59) | 0.6 |
| Yes | 177 (78.7) | 48 (21.3) | ||
| Coronary artery disease (201 [20.1]) | ||||
| No | 639 (80.0) | 160 (20.0) | 1.02 (0.69 to 1.50) | 0.906 |
| Yes | 160 (79.6) | 41 (20.4) | ||
| Cerebrovascular disease (53 [5.3]) | ||||
| No | 762 (80.5) | 185 (19.5) | 1.78 (0.97 to 3.27) | 0.06 |
| Yes | 37 (69.8) | 16 (30.2) | ||
| Alcohol (177 [17.7]) | ||||
| No | 654 (79.5) | 169 (20.5) | 0.85 (0.56 to 1.30) | 0.46 |
| Yes | 145 (81.9) | 32 (18.1) | ||
| Smoking (178 [17.8]) | ||||
| No | 652 (79.3) | 170 (20.7) | 0.81 (0.53 to 1.23) | 0.324 |
| Yes | 147 (82.6) | 31 (17.4) | ||
| Living Arrangement | ||||
| Living with family/caretaker (820 [82]) | 669 (81.6) | 151 (18.4) | ||
| Living alone during daytime (145 [14.5]) | 109 (75.2) | 36 (24.8) | 2.95 (1.47 to 5.94) | 0.002 |
| Living alone (35 [3.5]) | 21 (60.0) | 14 (40.0) | 1.46 (0.97 to 2.22) | 0.073 |
COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.