Predictors of dizziness in older persons: a 10-year prospective cohort study in the community

BMC Geriatrics

Table 2 Predictors of regular dizziness in an older community population at 7- and 10-year follow-up*

Characteristic	B	SE	Wald	OR	95% CI	Pvalue
7-year follow-up ^a
Living alone	0.450	0.229	3.8	1.6	1.0-2.5	0.050
History of dizziness	1.324	0.265	25.0	3.8	2.2-6.3	<0.001
History of osteo/rheumatoid arthritis	0.644	0.239	7.3	1.9	1.2-3.0	0.007
History of cancer	0.524	0.307	2.9	1.7	0.9-3.1	0.088
Use of nitrates	0.835	0.351	5.6	2.3	1.2-4.6	0.018
Presence of anxiety or depression	0.541	0.262	4.3	1.7	1.0-2.9	0.039
Impaired vision	0.611	0.254	5.8	1.8	1.1-3.0	0.016
Impaired function of lower extremities (chair stands)	0.670	0.229	8.6	2.0	1.2-3.1	0.003
10-year follow-up ^b
Living alone	0.460	0.278	2.7	1.6	0.9-2.7	0.098
History of dizziness	1.555	0.306	25.9	4.7	2.6-8.6	<0.001
History of cancer	0.552	0.357	2.4	1.7	0.9-3.5	0.122
Use of anxiolytics	0.861	0.475	3.3	2.4	0.9-6.0	0.070
Impaired function of lower extremities (chair stands)	0.744	0.281	7.0	2.1	1.2-3.7	0.008

CI: Confidence Interval; OR: Odds Ratio; SE: Standard Error.
*Multivariable logistic regression analysis, using backward elimination (Wald test) with a P value of 0.157 used for removal.
^aAUC 0.78 [0.73-0.82], adjusted AUC 0.77 [0.75-0.78], Hosmer-Lemeshow 0.36.
^bAUC 0.72 [0.65-0.78], adjusted AUC 0.71 [0.68-0.72], Hosmer-Lemeshow 0.31.

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