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Table 5 Risk factors for falls and recurrent falls: stepwise logistics regression analysis, a fall in the follow up period and risk factors reported at baseline, non-fallers versus fallers and non-fallers versus recurrent fallers

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

 

Non fallers versus Fallers

Non fallers versus Recurrent Fallers

Factor

OR

95 % CI

P-value

Factor

OR

95 % CI

P-value

History of previous fall

History of previous fall

 No

1

   

 No

1

   

 Yes

2.28

1.49

3.48

<0.0001

 Yes

8.66

3.69

20.29

<0.0001

Dizziness /vertigo

Dizziness /vertigo

 No

1

   

 No

1

   

 Yes

1.87

1.19

2.93

0.007

 Yes

2.46

1.14

5.33

0.022

Ethnic group

Ethnic group

 Black African

1

   

 Black African

1

   

 Mixed ancestry

1.98

1.11

3.51

0.020

 Mixed ancestry

5.19

1.28

21.15

0.021

 White

3.32

1.65

6.69

0.001

 White

7.04

1.39

35.68

0.018

Cognitive score (SOMCT)

1.04

1.01

1.08

0.021

Cognitive score (SOMCT)

1.06

.99

1.14

0.068

     

Marital status

     

 Married

1

   
     

 Not married

2.87

1.16

7.11

0.023

     

Timed Up and Go test (secs)

1.06

1.02

1.10

0.002

  1. SOMCT Short orientation Memory Concentration Test score (measure on a continuous scale), Secs seconds, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval. P-value: Wald test