TABLE 1.
Participants’ characteristics (n = 208).
| Whole cohort (n = 208) | History of falls |
P-value | ||
| Yes (n = 58) | No (n = 150) | |||
| Age, years (mean ± SD) | 71.9 ± 5.9 | 74.5 ± 7.0 | 71 ± 5.0 | 0.001 |
| Female gender | 90 (43.2) | 33 (56.9) | 57 (38.0) | 0.014 |
| Use psychoactive drugs* | 49 (23.6) | 21 (36.2) | 28 (18.7) | 0.008 |
| Total intracranial volume, cm3 (mean ± SD) | 1396.1 ± 127.3 | 1390.2 ± 140.8 | 1398.4 ± 122.1 | 0.676 |
| Cognitive status | 0.004 | |||
| Dementia | 43 (20.7) | 20 (34.5) | 23 (15.3) | |
| MCI | 86 (41.3) | 16 (27.6) | 70 (46.7) | |
| Cognitively healthy | 79 (38.0) | 22 (37.9) | 57 (38.0) | |
Data presented as n (%) where applicable; MCI: mild cognitive impairment; SD: standard deviation; *Use benzodiazepines and/or antidepressants and/or neuroleptics.