Variables | Falls (n = 188) | Non-falls (n = 471) | P-value |
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Age (y, mean ± SD) | 87 ± 5.9 | 87 ± 5.6 | 0.73 |
Female n (%) | 122 (64.9) | 287 (60.9) | 0.34 |
Frailty evaluation – SEGA (mean ± SD) | 13.1 ± 3.5 | 13.7 ± 4.2 | 0.07 |
 Little frail (SEGA ≤8), n (%) | 19 (10.1) | 48 (10.2) | 0.66 |
 Frail (8 < SEGA ≤11), n (%) | 30 (16.0) | 57 (12.1) | 0.26 |
 Very Frail (SEGA > 11), n (%) | 109 (57.9) | 262 (55.6) | 0.77 |
 Unknown, n (%) | 30 (16.0) | 104 (22.1) | 0.17 |
Autonomy evaluation – ADL (mean ± SD) | 4.6 ± 1.5 | 3.6 ± 2.0 | <  0.0001 |
Morisky (mean ± SD) | 3.3 ± 1.1 | 3.6 ± 1.1 | 0.08 |
Emergency frailty score – ISAR (mean ± SD) | 3.8 ± 1.0 | 3.8 ± 1.2 | 0.83 |
 Subjects not at risk (ISAR < 2), n (%) | 1 (0.5) | 10 (2.1) | 0.19 |
 Subjects at risk (ISAR ≥2), n (%) | 112 (59.6) | 237 (50.3) | 0.25 |
 Unknown, n (%) | 75 (39.9) | 224 (47.6) | 0.27 |
Geriatric depression scale – GDS (mean ± SD) | 1.2 ± 1.4 | 1.5 ± 1.5 | 0.18 |
 No depression (GDS = 0), n (%) | 51 (27.1) | 87 (18.5) | 0.05 |
 Depression (GDS ≥ 1), n (%) | 56 (29.8) | 132 (28.0) | 0.78 |
 Unknown, n (%) | 81 (43.1) | 252 (53.5) | 0.27 |
Number of diseases (mean ± SD) | 2.5 ± 2.0 | 3.2 ± 2.1 | 0.0008 |
Number of drugs (mean ± SD) | 6.0 ± 3.0 | 6.6 ± 3.1 | 0.05 |