From: Pain and recurrent falls in the older and oldest-old non-institutionalized population
Variablea | 65–79 years (n = 192) | 80 years or more (n = 402) | ||||
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OR | CI 95% | p | OR | CI 95% | p | |
Pain | 1.47 | 1.08–2.00 | 0.017 | |||
Drugs with risk of falls | 3.56 | 1.75–7.25 | < 0.01 | 0.55 | 0.33–0.90 | 0.018 |
Balance | 0.45 | 0.28–0.73 | < 0.01 | |||
Number of drugs | 1.26 | 1.11–1.43 | < 0.01 | |||
Age | 1.09 | 1.02–1.15 | < 0.009 | |||
Affective symptoms | 1.28 | 1.06–1.56 | 0.012 |