Table 1 Summary statistics for socio-demographic and lifestyle factors at Wave 4 and relative risks of incident falls between Waves 4 and 6 according to these characteristics among 1515 men and 1783 women aged 60 and over
From: Risk factors for incident falls in older men and women: the English longitudinal study of ageing
Characteristic | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N(%) | Relative risk (95% CI) | P-value | N(%) | Relative risk (95% CI) | P-value | |
Age (years)a | 68.9 (6.8) | 1.15 (1.10,1.21) | < 0.001 | 69 (7.1) | 1.12 (1.07,1.17) | < 0.001 |
Marital status | ||||||
Married/cohabiting | 1238 (81.7%) | 1117 (62.6%) | ||||
Divorced/widowed/separated | 213 (14.1%) | 1.19 (1.03,1.37) | 0.058 | 603 (33.8%) | 1.18 (1.07,1.30) | < 0.001 |
Never married | 64 (4.2%) | 1.06 (0.81,1.38) | 63 (3.5%) | 1.35 (1.10,1.64) | ||
Household wealthb | ||||||
Poorest quintile | 169 (11.2%) | 0.97 (0.93,1.01) | 0.177 | 257 (14.4%) | 0.99 (0.96,1.03) | 0.744 |
Second | 234 (15.4%) | 329 (18.5%) | ||||
Third | 307 (20.3%) | 392 (22%) | ||||
Fourth | 379 (25%) | 393 (22%) | ||||
Highest quintile | 426 (28.1%) | 412 (23.1%) | ||||
BMI (kg/m2)a | 28.2 (4.3) | 1.02 (0.97,1.08) | 0.453 | 28.3 (5.5) | 1.04 (0.99,1.09) | 0.106 |
Smoking status | ||||||
Never | 458 (30.2%) | 1.00 | 0.081 | 843 (47.3%) | 1.00 | 0.509 |
Ex | 917 (60.5%) | 1.13 (0.98,1.29) | 760 (42.6%) | 1.03 (0.93,1.13) | ||
Current | 140 (9.2%) | 1.24 (1.01,1.52) | 180 (10.1%) | 0.93 (0.78,1.11) | ||
Physical activityb | ||||||
Sedentary | 49 (3.2%) | 0.86 (0.80,0.92) | < 0.001 | 71 (4%) | 0.97 (0.92,1.03) | 0.372 |
Low | 253 (16.7%) | 449 (25.2%) | ||||
Moderate | 844 (55.7%) | 928 (52%) | ||||
High | 369 (24.4%) | 335 (18.8%) | ||||
Alcohol consumptionb | ||||||
Not at all in past year | 110 (7.3%) | 0.94 (0.90,0.98) | 0.009 | 214 (12%) | 0.99 (0.96,1.03) | 0.688 |
≥ 1/2 times per year | 124 (8.2%) | 391 (21.9%) | ||||
1/2 times per month | 143 (9.4%) | 235 (13.2%) | ||||
≥ 1/2 times per week | 802 (52.9%) | 701 (39.3%) | ||||
Almost every day | 336 (22.2%) | 242 (13.6%) | ||||