Table 2 Crude and adjusted logistic regression analyses between multimorbidity patterns and fear of falling in community-dwelling older adults

Cardiopulmonary pattern

  Without pattern

1.00

1.00

  With pattern

3.24 (1.12; 9.37)

3.49 (1.13; 10.78)

Musculoskeletal pattern

  Without pattern

1.00

1.00

  With pattern

2.70 (1.59; 4.61)

2.03 (1.13; 3.64)

Vascular-metabolic pattern

  Without pattern

1.00

1.00

  With pattern

2.31 (1.34; 3.98)

2.14 (1.20; 3.82)

Pattern association

  Without pattern

1.00

1.00

  1 pattern

2.85 (1.70; 4.78)

2.23 (1.29; 3.96)

  2 or 3 patterns

6.13 (2.87; 13.12)

4.84 (2.19; 10.68)