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Table 4 Risk factors for falls: logistics regression analysis, baseline survey, non-fallers versus fallers and non-fallers versus recurrent fallers

From: Risk factors for falls in older adults in a South African Urban Community

Factor

Non fallers versus fallers

Non fallers versus Recurrent fallers

OR

95 % CI

P-value

Factor

OR

95 % 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

     
  1. SOMCT Short Orientation Memory Concentration Test, SES Socio-economic status, IQR interquartile range, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval. P-value: Wald test