Table 3.
Gradients of frailty and number of women reporting none, one or multiple falls in different time perspectives. Frailty in quintiles at age 75 and falls# prior to baseline, 5 and 10 years; frailty at age 80 and falls# at 5 years
| Frailty age 75 and incidence of women falling immediately prior to baseline* | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frailty score at 75 y | No falls age 75 | 1 fall age 75 | 2 falls age 75 | 3 or more falls age 75 | ||||
| ≤ 0.10 | 167 | (89.8) | 14 | (7.5) | 5 | (2.7) | 0 | (0.0) |
| 0.11–0.14 | 145 | (79.7) | 19 | (10.4) | 12 | (6.6) | 6 | (3.3) |
| 0.15–0.19 | 134 | (74.0) | 27 | (14.9) | 12 | (6.6) | 8 | (4.4) |
| 0.20–0.27 | 117 | (66.1) | 30 | (16.9) | 13 | (7.3) | 17 | (9.6) |
| 0.28+ | 91 | (48.4) | 36 | (19.1) | 23 | (12.2) | 38 | (20.2) |
| Frailty age 75 and incidence of women falling after 5 years** | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frailty score at 75 y | No falls age 80 | 1 fall age 80 | 2 falls age 80 | 3 or more falls age 80 | ||||
| ≤ 0.10 | 111 | (79.3) | 11 | (7.9) | 10 | (7.1) | 8 | (5.7) |
| 0.11–0.12 | 105 | (73.9) | 17 | (12.0) | 11 | (7.7) | 9 | (6.3) |
| 0.13–0.17 | 95 | (68.1) | 28 | (19.9) | 12 | (8.5) | 5 | (3.5) |
| 0.18–0.24 | 96 | (68.1) | 18 | (12.8) | 14 | (9.9) | 13 | (9.2) |
| 0.25+ | 78 | (55.7) | 20 | (14.3) | 20 | (14.3) | 22 | (15.7) |
| Frailty age 75 and incidence of women falling after 10 years** | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frailty score at 75 y | No falls age 85 | 1 fall age 85 | 2 falls age 85 | 3 or more falls age 85 | ||||
| ≤ 0.09 | 50 | (66.7) | 13 | (17.3) | 9 | (12.0) | 3 | (4.0) |
| 0.10–0.11 | 45 | (60.8) | 15 | (20.3) | 8 | (10.8) | 6 | (8.1) |
| 0.12–0.15 | 41 | (56.2) | 17 | (23.3) | 10 | (13.7) | 5 | (6.8) |
| 0.16–0.21 | 31 | (41.9) | 17 | (23.0) | 11 | (14.9) | 15 | (20.3) |
| 0.22+ | 38 | (50.7) | 6 | (8.0) | 11 | (14.7) | 20 | (26.7) |
| Frailty age 80 and incidence of women falling after 5 years*** | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frailty score at 80 y | NO FALLS age 85 | 1 fall age 85 | 2 falls age 85 | 3 or more falls age 8 y | ||||
| ≤ 0.11 | 47 | (68.1) | 9 | (13.0) | 8 | (11.6) | 5 | (7.2) |
| 0.12–0.16 | 38 | (54.3) | 16 | (22.9) | 10 | (14.3) | 6 | (8.6) |
| 0.17–0.21 | 40 | (58.0) | 13 | (18.8) | 11 | (15.9) | 5 | (7.2) |
| 0.22–0.28 | 32 | (45.7) | 18 | (25.7) | 9 | (12.9) | 11 | (15.7) |
| 0.29+ | 30 | (43.5) | 10 | (14.5) | 10 | (14.5) | 19 | (27.5) |
#Falls occurring during the previous 12 months prior to each visit. Reported values, number(%). Chi-squared overall: *p < 0.001; **p = 0.001; ***p = 0.012