Table 3 Mutually-adjusted relative risks for incident falls between Waves 4 and 6 among 1515 men and 1783 women aged 60 and over

Age (z-score)^a

1.10 (1.04,1.18)

0.002

1.09 (1.03,1.15)

0.003

 Married/cohabiting

1.00

1.00

 Divorced/widowed/separated

1.09 (0.93,1.27)

0.558

1.05 (0.94,1.17)

0.072

 Never married

1.05 (0.80,1.37)

1.26 (1.03,1.53)

Household wealth^b

1.04 (0.99,1.09)

0.086

–

–

BMI (z-score)^a

–

–

1.02 (0.97,1.07)

0.411

 Never

1.00

 Ex

1.06 (0.93,1.22)

0.374

–

–

 Current

1.16 (0.94,1.44)

Physical activity^b

0.98 (0.90,1.07)

0.685

–

–

Alcohol consumption frequency^b

0.96 (0.92,1.01)

0.133

–

–

Number of comorbidities^a

1.04 (1.00,1.08)

0.052

1.02 (0.99,1.06)

0.214

Hearing^b

1.01 (0.96,1.07)

0.700

1.00 (0.95,1.05)

0.981

Vision^b

1.05 (0.99,1.11)

0.136

1.04 (0.98,1.09)

0.174

Incontinence^c

1.09 (0.93,1.28)

0.263

1.12 (1.00,1.24)

0.042

Pain^b

1.10 (1.04,1.17)

0.001

1.04 (0.99,1.09)

0.128

Depression score (CES-D)^a

1.02 (0.99,1.06)

0.238

1.03 (1.01,1.06)

0.010

  ≥ 10 s if aged ≥70/≥30 s if aged < 70

1.00

1.00

  < 10 s if aged ≥70/< 30 s if aged < 70

1.13 (0.97,1.32)

0.039

1.09 (0.96,1.22)

0.407

Not attempted

1.23 (1.04,1.47)

1.05 (0.90,1.22)

 Not frail

1.00

0.661

1.00

0.706

 Pre-frail

1.06 (0.92,1.23)

0.98 (0.88,1.10)

 Frail

1.10 (0.87,1.39)

0.93 (0.78,1.11)

Forced expiratory volume (z-score)^a

1.00 (0.94,1.07)

0.931

1.00 (0.95,1.06)

0.997

Cognition (z-score)^a

1.00 (0.94,1.07)

0.900

1.00 (0.95,1.05)

0.937