Table 3.

Multiple logistic regression model of associated factors for fear of falling.

	Fear of falling
	Beta	SE	P value	OR	95% CI
Variables					Lower	Upper
Model 1
Falling last mo	0.98	0.09	<.001	2.63	2.21	3.13
Falling last y	1.01	0.07	<.001	2.75	2.40	3.15
Age (y)
65–69	---	---	---	1.00	---	---
70–74	0.23	0.14	.119	1.26	0.95	1.66
75–79	0.36	0.14	.01	1.43	1.08	1.89
80–84	0.64	0.14	<0.001	1.90	1.44	2.51
85+	0.89	0.14	<.001	2.44	1.86	3.20
Male gender	–0.40	0.06	<.001	0.67	0.59	0.76
Model 2
Falling last mo	0.83	0.13	<.001	2.29	1.78	2.95
Falling last y	0.96	0.10	<.001	2.60	2.16	3.14
Age (y)
65–69	---	---	---	1.00	---	---
70–74	0.34	0.19	.088	1.41	0.96	2.06
75–79	0.39	0.20	.05	1.48	1.01	2.17
80–84	0.62	0.20	.002	1.85	1.26	2.73
85+	0.89	0.20	<.001	2.43	1.65	3.57
Male gender	–0.49	0.10	<.001	0.61	0.51	0.74
Heart Attack	0.50	0.27	.07	1.64	0.97	2.78
Heart Disease	0.16	0.10	.10	1.18	0.97	1.43
High Blood Pressure	0.05	0.10	.61	1.05	0.87	1.27
Arthritis	0.39	0.09	<.001	1.48	1.23	1.77
Osteoporosis	0.16	0.10	.10	1.17	0.97	1.41
Diabetes Mellitus	0.21	0.09	.02	1.23	1.03	1.47
Lung Disease	0.01	0.10	.90	1.01	0.83	1.24
Dementia	0.04	0.24	.87	1.04	0.65	1.65
Symptom of depressed	0.68	0.18	<.001	1.98	1.38	2.84
Memory Compliant	0.34	0.10	.001	1.40	1.15	1.70
ADL	0.11	0.03	<.001	1.12	1.06	1.18
IADL	–0.07	0.03	.28	0.94	0.88	0.99

Model 1: OR adjusted by age and sex.

Model 2: OR adjusted by age, sex, heart attack, heart disease, high blood pressure, arthritis, osteoporosis, diabetes mellitus, lung disease, dementia, symptom of depressed, memory complaint, ADL, and IADL.

ADL = activity of daily living, CI = confidence interval, IADL = instrumental activities of daily living, OR = odds ratio.