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Table 3 Fall and non-fall participant characteristics (percentages or means (SD)). The Tromsø Study 2001-2002

From: The association between anemia and falls in community-living women and men aged 65 years and older from the fifth Tromsø Study 2001-02: a replication study

 

Fall participants

Non-fall participants

p-value1

Variabel (n)

All (N = 803)

Women (n = 442)

Men (n = 361)

All (N = 1638)

Women (n = 879)

Men (n = 759)

All

Women

Men

Mean age, years

72.2 (4.9)

72.3 (4.9)

72.1 (4.9)

72.0 (4.8)

72.2 (4.8)

71.6 (4.8)

0.219

0.706

0.172

Mean hemoglobin, g/dl

13.8 (1.1)

13.4 (0.9)

14.4 (1.1)

13.9 (1.1)

13.4 (1.0)

14.4 (1.1)

0.550

0.373

0.739

Anemiaa, %

7.9

7.0

8.9

7.6

6.1

9.4

0.852

0.543

0.791

Mulitimorbidityb, %

4.2

4.6

3.4

4.0

3.2

4.8

0.849

0.332

0.530

Disabilityc, %

28.0

32.0

23.2

25.6

31.0

19.0

0.361

0.795

0.239

Frailtyd, %

41.3

43.6

38.5

38.1

48.4

27.8

0.450

0.421

0.064

Hypertensione, %

63.3

64.7

61.5

66.2

68.9

63.0

0.150

0.121

0.613

Use of antihypertensives, %

33.2

33.7

32.5

30.5

30.0

31.0

0.187

1.277

0.633

Use of ≥ 5 drugsf, %

18.1

16.1

20.6

14.9

14.5

15.3

0.077

0.483

0.063

Low physical activity level, %

6.5

8.4

4.5

9.3

11.6

6.9

0.029

0.096

0.126

Body mass index, kg/m2

26.8 (4.2)

27.2 (4.6)

26.3 (3.5)

26.7 (4.1)

26.9 (4.5)

26.4 (3.5)

0.471

0.213

0.574

  1. 1P-value for difference between fall and non-fall participants (two-sided t-test for comparisons of means for continuous variables and Chi-square test for categorical variables)
  2. aWHO criteria (< 12 g/dl in women, < 13 g/dl in men)
  3. bSelf-reported ≥ 2 of the following diseases: asthma/emphysema/chronic bronchitis, cancer (ever), diabetes, stroke, coronary heart disease, peptic ulcer
  4. cSelf-reported functional status
  5. dModified Fried’s criteria
  6. eBlood pressure > 140/90 mmHg
  7. fSelf-reported drugs used on a regular basis
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