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Table 1 Baseline characteristics for entire cohort, fallers, and non-fallers

From: Does the timed up and go test predict future falls among British community-dwelling older people? Prospective cohort study nested within a randomised controlled trial

Variable*

Entire cohort

Fallers

Non-fallers

p value

N = 259

n = 59

n = 200

Timed Up and Go test

10.4 ± 3.5

11.4 ± 4.2

10.1 ± 3.2

0.03

Age

72.6 ± 5.9

73.0 ± 6.2

72.6 ± 5.8

0.64

Age group

    

65-69

94 (36.3%)

20 (33.9%)

74 (37.0%)

0.91

70-74

82 (31.7%)

20 (33.3%)

63 (31.5%)

 

75-79

41 (15.8%)

11 (18.3%)

30 (15.0%)

 

80+

42 (16.2%)

9 (15.3%)

33 (16.5%)

 

Female

164 (63.3%)

40 (67.8%)

124 (62.0%)

0.42

Body mass index

26.7 ± 5.1

26.8 ± 3.6

26.7 ± 5.4

0.77

White ethnicity

233 (90.7%)

56 (94.9%)

177 (89.4%)

0.20

Living alone

80 (30.9%)

24 (40.7%)

56 (28.0%)

0.06

Education

    

College/University

127 (49.2%)

29 (49.2%)

98 (49.2%)

0.99

Primary/Secondary

131 (50.8%)

30 (50.8%)

101 (51.8%)

 

Income

    

£20001+

88 (38.4%)

26 (48.1%)

62 (35.4%)

0.09

up to £20000

141 (61.6%)

28 (51.9%)

113 (64.6%)

 

Site

    

London

105 (40.5%)

23 (39.0%)

82 (41.0%)

0.78

Nottingham

154 (59.5%)

36 (61.0%)

118 (59.0%)

 

Number of comorbidities

2.0 ± 1.7

2.6 ± 2.0

1.9 ± 1.5

0.02

Number of medications

3.9 ± 3.2

4.7 ± 3.8

3.6 ± 3.0

0.03

Number of falls in the previous year

0.3 ± 0.5

0.4 ± 0.7

0.3 ± 0.5

0.08

Any falls in the previous year

62 (23.9%)

17 (28.8%)

45 (22.5%)

0.32

Two falls in the previous year

12 (4.6%)

8 (13.6%)

4 (2.0%)

<0.001

  1. *mean ± standard deviation or n (%).