Racial-Ethnic Differences in Fall Prevalence among Older Women: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study

BMC Geriatrics

Table 2 Adjusted fall prevalence among different racial/ethnic groups

	Unadjusted	Age-adjusted	Age-adjusted + comorbidities^a	Age-adjusted + comorbidities^a + poor health	Age-adjusted + comorbidities^a + poor health + mobility limitation
Outcome: ≥ 1 fall in past year	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Non-Hispanic white	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Black	0.77^b	0.80	0.75^b	0.76^b	0.73^b
	(0.59–1.00)	(0.61–1.04)	(0.57–0.99)	(0.58–0.99)	(0.55–0.95)
Hispanic	0.97	1.00	0.98	0.98	0.94
	(0.74–1.27)	(0.76–1.32)	(0.74–1.30)	(0.74–1.30)	(0.71–1.24)
Asian	0.63^c	0.65^c	0.65^c	0.64^d	0.64^c
	(0.50–0.80)	(0.52–0.83)	(0.51–0.82)	(0.50–0.82)	(0.50–0.81)
Outcome: ≥ 2 falls in past year	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Non-Hispanic white	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Black	0.90	0.95	0.86	0.87	0.85
	(0.64–1.27)	(0.67–1.34)	(0.60–1.24)	(0.60–1.26)	(0.59–1.23)
Hispanic	1.24	1.30	1.26	1.26	1.21
	(0.87–1.77)	(0.90–1.87)	(0.87–1.83)	(0.87–1.83)	(0.83–1.76)
Asian	0.61^d	0.63^d	0.63^d	0.62^d	0.62^d
	(0.44–0.86)	(0.45–0.90)	(0.45–0.90)	(0.43–0.88)	(0.43–0.88)

OR adjusted odds ratio, 95% CI confidence interval around the adjusted odds ratio
^aComorbidities include diabetes, arthritis and history of stroke
^bSignificantly different from non-Hispanic white after controlling for age group using logistic regression at p < 0.05
^cSignificantly different from non-Hispanic white after controlling for age group using logistic regression at p < 0.001
^dSignificantly different from non-Hispanic white after controlling for age group using logistic regression at p ≤ 0.01

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