Table 3.
Association of falls with factors affecting locomotion—bivariate comparisons
| Risk factors | Prospective falls | OR (95% CI) | P value | |
| No fallers | Fallers | |||
| N (%) | N (%) | |||
| Parkinsonism (28 [2.8]) | ||||
| No | 782 (80.5) | 190 (19.5) | 2.663 (1.23 to 5.78) | 0.01 |
| Yes | 17 (60.7) | 11 (39.3) | ||
| Vertigo (388 [38.8]) | ||||
| No | 505 (82.5) | 107 (17.5) | 1.51 (1.10 to 2.06) | 0.01 |
| Yes | 294 (75.8) | 94 (24.2) | ||
| Arthritis (281 [28.1]) | ||||
| No | 591 (82.2) | 128 (17.8) | 1.62 (1.17 to 2.25) | 0.004 |
| Yes | 208 (74.0) | 73 (26.0) | ||
| Knee pain (565 [56.5]) | ||||
| No | 356 (81.8) | 79 (18.2) | 1.24 (0.91 to 1.70) | 0.179 |
| Yes | 443 (78.4) | 122 (21.6) | ||
| Numbness and paraesthesia of feet (475 [47.5]) | ||||
| No | 432 (82.3) | 93 (17.7) | 1.37 (1.00 to 1.86) | 0.048 |
| Yes | 367 (77.3) | 108 (22.7) | ||
| Urinary symptoms (316 [31.6]) | ||||
| No | 558 (81.6) | 126 (18.4) | 1.38 (0.99 to 1.90) | 0.051 |
| Yes | 241 (76.3) | 75 (23.7) | ||
| Visual impairment (594 [59.4]) | ||||
| No | 326 (80.3) | 80 (19.7) | 1.04 (0.76 to 1.43) | 0.796 |
| Yes | 473 (79.6) | 121 (20.4) | ||
| Not independent in basic activities of daily living (59 [5.9]) | ||||
| Yes | 766 (81.4) | 175 (18.6) | 3.45 (2.01 to 5.92) | <0.001 |
| No | 33 (55.9) | 26 (44.1) | ||
| Not independent in Instrumental activities of daily living (306 [30.6]) | ||||
| Yes | 572 (82.4) | 122 (17.6) | 1.63 (1.18 to 2.25) | 0.003 |
| No | 227 (74.2) | 79 (25.8) | ||
| Regular exercise or yoga (342 [34.2]) | ||||
| Yes | 281 (82.2) | 61 (17.8) | 1.25 (0.89 to 1.74) | 0.198 |
| No | 518 (78.7) | 140 (21.3) | ||
| History of falls in the previous 1 year (269 [26.9]) | ||||
| Yes | 182 (67.7) | 87 (32.3) | 2.59 (1.87 to 3.58) | <0.001 |
| No | 617 (84.4) | 114 (15.6) | ||