Frailty as a predictor of future falls and disability: a four-year follow-up study of Chinese older adults

BMC Geriatrics

Table 2 Impact of frailty status on experience of fall

Frailty status	Fall No. (%)	Minimally adjusted^a		Fully adjusted^b
Frailty status	Fall No. (%)	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
N = 4349	824 (19.0)
Non-frail	189 (12.1)	Ref.		Ref.
Prefrail	554 (22.3)	1.35^***	[1.15,1.60]	1.24^*	[1.05,1.47]
Frail	81 (27.4)	1.81^***	[1.35,2.43]	1.54^**	[1.14,2.08]

Note: a. Age, sex, marital status, and fall in 2011 were adjusted
b. Urban residence, education, any pension, and self-report diagnosis of diabetes, heart problems, arthritis, stroke, memory-related disease, emotional, nervous, or psychiatric problems, and cancer in 2011 were further adjusted
^* p < 0.05, ^** p < 0.01, ^*** p < 0.001

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