Table 3.

Risk factors for recurrent falls among diabetic elderly. (Comparison are between subjects with No or 1 fall And those with >  = 2 falls)

Variables	Unadjusted OR	95% CI	P value	Adjusted OR	95% CI	P value
Sex
Female	1.75	0.88–3.45	0.142	1.72	0.7–4.17	0.226
Male	Ref			Ref
Age (years)
65–69	Ref			Ref
70–74	1.02	0.37–2.79	0.976	0.85	0.28–2.58	0.771
75–79	2.46	0.93–6.53	0.07	2.82	0.86–9.22	0.086
80–84	1.44	0.42–5.03	0.563	1.87	0.42–8.32	0.413
>  = 85	3.71	1.3–10.6	0.014*	3.15	0.74–13.4	0.121
Current smoker	0.72	0.17–3.13	0.913	0.65	0.1–4.13	0.646
Drinker	0.88	0.26–2.99	1.0	2.12	0.46–9.69	0.332
Living arrangement
alone	Ref			Ref
with someone/residential home	0.95	0.38–2.37	1.0	1.02	0.36–2.9	0.97
Walking aids	1.66	0.8–3.42	0.239	0.56	0.19–1.65	0.292
HT	0.93	0.35–2.5	1.0	0.65	0.21–2.05	0.465
CVA	3.37	1.63–6.99	0.001*	4.24	1.64–10.97	0.003*
OA	1.31	0.64–2.7	0.579	1.47	0.62–3.53	0.383
CAD	0.83	0.24–2.81	1.0	0.59	0.14–2.44	0.469
SBP (mmHg)
< 120	Ref			Ref
120–129	0.85	0.28–2.66	0.785	0.88	0.23–3.38	0.853
130–139	0.7	0.23–2.13	0.529	0.92	0.25–3.42	0.906
>  = 140	0.71	0.24–2.14	0.547	0.78	0.2–3.01	0.714
DBP (mmHg)
< 60	Ref			Ref
60–69	0.97	0.42–2.27	0.951	1.1	0.4–3.0	0.857
70–79	0.39	0.14–1.15	0.088	0.6	0.16–2.17	0.433
>  = 80	0.87	0.27–2.75	0.81	1.08	0.26–4.45	0.919
BMI
< 25	Ref			Ref
>  = 25	0.81	0.42–1.58	0.652	1.3	0.6–2.97	0.48
HbA1c (%)
<  = 6.4	Ref			Ref
6.5–6.9	0.58	0.26–1.29	0.18	0.42	0.16–1.09	0.075
7.0–7.4	0.37	0.14–1.01	0.053	0.32	0.1–0.97	0.044*
7.5–7.9	0.44	0.09–2.04	0.294	0.29	0.05–1.73	0.173
>  = 8.0	0.47	0.13–1.71	0.249	0.52	0.12–2.34	0.4
OHA	0.81	0.36–1.85	0.784	0.67	0.25–1.81	0.429
Sulfonylurea	0.56	0.27–1.16	0.161
Hypoglycemia symptoms	4.52	2.24–9.13	< 0.001*	6.64	2.69–16.4	< 0.001*
Diabetic retinopathy	0.87	0.4–1.9	0.881	0.91	0.36–2.29	0.834
VA
< 0.6	2.13	1.08–4.17	0.042*	1.32	0.56–3.13	0.522
0.6–1.0	Ref			Ref

^*p < 0.05