| |
Non-fallers
|
Fallers
|
p
|
|---|
| |
( n= 43)
|
( n= 15)
| |
|---|
|
Age (yr)
|
74.0 ± 1.1
|
73.0 ± 1.1
|
0.56
|
|
Height (cm)
|
166.9 ± 1.3
|
165.6 ± 2.5
|
0.63
|
|
Weight (kg)
|
75.1 ± 2.2
|
79.0 ± 5.0
|
0.42
|
|
BMI (kg.m
−2)
|
26.7 ± 0.5
|
28.2 ± 1.3
|
0.21
|
|
Fat Mass (kg)
|
26.7 ± 1.1
|
31.0 ± 2.5
|
0.09
|
|
Fat-Free Mass (kg)
|
45.8 ± 1.4
|
47.2 ± 3.4
|
0.65
|
|
% Fat Mass
|
35.4 ± 0.9
|
38.3 ± 1.7
|
0.12
|
|
Co-morbidities (%)
|
|
Hypertension
|
22.4
|
13.8
|
0.27
|
|
Hyperlipidemia
|
31.0
|
19.0
|
0.19
|
|
Diabetes
|
3.4
|
1.7
|
0.56
|
|
Coronary disease
|
1.7
|
3.4
|
0.56
|
|
Edema (lower limbs)
|
3.4
|
3.4
|
1.00
|
|
Painful joints
|
19.0
|
15.5
|
0.65
|
|
Osteoarthritis
|
24.1
|
13.8
|
0.20
|
|
Osteoporosis
|
10.3
|
6.9
|
0.53
|
|
Depression
|
1.7
|
6.9
|
0.18
|
|
Incontinence
|
1.7
|
1.7
|
1.00
|
|
Asthma
|
5.2
|
1.7
|
0.32
|
|
Number of reported falls in previous 12 months (%)
|
|
1
|
0
|
66.7
| |
|
2
|
0
|
26.7
| |
|
3
|
0
|
6.7
| |
- Data is expressed as Mean ± SEM. Comparisons significant for p < 0.05.
