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Table 3 Age- and gender-stratified results of logistic regression models for the association between velocity and stride length and history of falls

From: Description of spatio-temporal gait parameters in elderly people and their association with history of falls: results of the population-based cross-sectional KORA-Age study

Velocity (10 cm/s decrease)

Unadjusted model

Model 1

Model 2

Age 65 to 74 years

0.91 (0.78-1.05)

0.91 (0.77-1.08)

0.89 (0.75-1.06)

Men

0.97 (0.76-1.24)

1.06 (0.81-1.38)

1.06 (0.81-1.39)

Women

0.86 (0.72-1.04)

0.83 (0.67-1.03)

0.80 (0.64-1.00)

Age >74 years

1.14 (1.02-1.28)

1.10 (0.96-1.26)

1.09 (0.95-1.26)

Men

1.20 (1.01-1.43)

1.18 (0.97-1.43)

1.16 (0.96-1.42)

Women

1.07 (0.91-1.26)

1.00 (0.82-1.22)

1.00 (0.82-1.23)

Stride length (10 cm decrease)

Unadjusted model

Model 1

Model 2

Age 65 to 74 years

0.93 (0.77-1.12)

0.94 (0.77-1.16)

0.92 (0.75-1.14)

Men

0.87 (0.64-1.19)

0.94 (0.67-1.33)

0.93 (0.65-1.33)

Women

0.82 (0.61-1.10)

0.77 (0.55-1.07)

0.70 (0.50-1.00)

Age >74 years

1.30 (1.12-1.50)

1.27 (1.07-1.51)

1.25 (1.04-1.49)

Men

1.33 (1.09-1.63)

1.36 (1.07-1.72)

1.34 (1.05-1.70)

Women

1.18 (0.93-1.50)

1.10 (0.83-1.47)

1.08 (0.81-1.45)

  1. Model 1: adjusted for BMI, disability, frailty.
  2. Model 2: in addition to model 1 adjusted for more than 5 drugs used and multimorbidity.
  3. Significant results are written bold.