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Incidence rate (IR) and incidence rate ratio (IRR) results for number of falls and number of people who fell during retrospective analyses and prospective observation.
| Fall events (falls) | |
|---|---|
| IRretro (falls) | 0.698 |
| IRpros(falls) | 0.181 |
| IRR [95%CI] | 0.260 [0.128–0.528]* |
| Number of fallers (fallers) | |
| IRretro(fallers) | 0.396 |
| IRpros(fallers) | 0.181 |
| IRR [95% CI] | 0.438 [0.213–0.982]* |
Indicates statistical significance at p < 0.05 (95% confidence interval of IRR excludes null value).
