Table 1.
Biodata, and anthropometric indices for fallers (n = 280) and non-fallers (n = 220)
| Variables | Participants (n = 500) |
Non-fallers (n = 220) |
Fallers (n = 280) |
Mean difference | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuous variables X(SD) | |||||
| Age (years) | 72.14(4.54) | 70.04(3.76) | 2.10 | 0.35 | |
| Height (cm) | 164.00(6.78) | 160.43(8.13) | 3.57 | 0.10 | |
| Weight (Kg) | 73.00(11.29) | 70.61(17.23) | 2.39 | 0.57 | |
| BMI (Kg/m2) | 25.86(0.23) | 27.58(0.26) | 1.72 | 0.0001** | |
| Categorical variables N(%) | |||||
|
Sex ●Males |
250 (50.0) | 100 (45.45) | 1503.57) | ||
| ●Females | 250 (50.0) | 120 (54.54) | 130 (46.43) | .07 | |
| ●Total | 500 (100.0) | 220 (100) | 280 (100) | ||
Values were expressed as mean (X), standard deviation (SD), number (N) and percentage (%), ** indicates p ≤ 0.0001