Prevalence of mild hyponatremia and its association with falls in older adults admitted to an emergency geriatric medicine unit (the MUPA unit)

Table 3 Prevalence rates of mild hyponatremia in patients admitted for falls and control subjects

Variable	Patients (n = 188)	Controls (n = 471)	Unadjusted		Adjusted
Variable	Percent (number)		OR	P-value	OR	P-value
Mild hyponatremia	26.1 (49)	13.2 (62)	2.33 (1.53–3.55)	0.001	3.02 (1.84–4.96)	0.001

Adjusted for age, sex, frailty status, functional autonomy, cognitive and depression status, number of drugs, and comorbidity index

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