From: Risk factors for falls in older adults in a South African Urban Community
Factor | Non fallers versus fallers | Non fallers versus Recurrent fallers | |||||||
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OR | 95Â % CI | P-value | Factor | OR | 95Â % CI | P-value | |||
 Residents per household | 0.90 | 0.83 | 0.97 | 0.014 |  Residents per household | 0.88 | 0.78 | 0.99 | 0.038 |
 Number of drugs | 1.16 | 1.08 | 1.24 | <0.001 |  Number of drugs | 1.22 | 1.11 | 1.34 | <0.001 |
 Number of medical conditions | 1.19 | 1.05 | 1.36 | 0.006 | Self-reported previous stroke | ||||
 Cognitive score (SOMCT) | 1.04 | 1.01 | 1.08 | 0.006 |  No | 1 |  |  |  |
Self-rated health |  Yes | 3.36 | 1.69 | 6.80 | 0.001 | ||||
 Very good/good | 1 |  |  |  | Perceived worse health than a year ago | ||||
 Poor/very poor | 1.60 | 1.09 | 2.34 | 0.016 |  Better/Same | 1 |  |  |  |
Perceived worse health than a year ago |  Worse | 2.10 | 1.09 | 4.06 | 0.027 | ||||
 Better/Same | 1 |  |  |  | Self-reported Parkinson’s disease | ||||
 Worse | 2.31 | 1.30 | 4.13 | 0.005 |  No | 1 |  |  |  |
Self-reported Parkinson’s disease |  Yes | 5.84 | 1.90 | 17.88 | 0.002 | ||||
 No | 1 |  |  |  | Self-reported poor urine control | ||||
 Yes | 3.29 | 1.21 | 8.97 | 0.020 |  No | 1 |  |  |  |
Self-reported poor urine control |  Yes | 1.96 | 1.15 | 3.35 | 0.014 | ||||
 No | 1 |  |  |  | Self-reported foot disorder |  |  |  |  |
 Yes | 1.67 | 1.13 | 2.67 | 0.010 |  No | 1 |  |  |  |
Occupation |  Yes | 2.26 | 1.33 | 3.83 | 0.002 | ||||
 Unskilled | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 Skilled | 2.21 | 1.40 | 3.50 | 0.001 |  |  |  |  |  |
 Managerial/Professional | 2.73 | 1.46 | 5.12 | 0.002 |  |  |  |  |  |