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Table 1 Overview of p-values for considered confounders

From: Association between anemia and falls in community-dwelling older people: cross-sectional results from the KORA-Age study

 

Hb level

Anemic-WHO [12]

Falls

Multimorbidity

0.0049

0.0118

0.1334

Disability

0.0023

<.0001

0.0038

Diuretics

0.0584

0.0318

0.6326

Frailty

<.0001

<.0001

0.1866

Hypertension

0.1297

0.8939

0.2585

Diabetes

0.0004

0.0369

0.4392

Anticoagulants

0.2342

0.0625

0.2856

Antihypertensives

0.1361

0.0553

0.9232

Number of drugs

<.0001

<.0001

0.3257

Nutrition score

0.7864

0.1241

0.0044

Elevated alcohol intake*

0.0004

0.0702

0.4226

PASE†

0.7922

0.2476

0.7308

BMI

0.0012

0.0689

0.0274

  1. *alcohol intake >24 g/day in men and >12 g/day in women.
  2. †Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly. Scores range from 0 to 361 [31].