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Table 1 Characteristics of Subjects classified by geriatrician’s assessment

From: How accurate are geriatricians’ fall predictions?

 

Total N = 100

Assigned as Fallers N = 54

Assigned as Non-Fallers N = 46

p-values

Mean Age (years)

75.4

77.5

72.9

0.003

%Female Gender

49

57

39

0.068a

Mean BMI

28.8

29.9

27.5

0.038

Mean BP systolic/diastolic

136/76

137/76

134/76

0.404/0.752

Mean Number of Diagnoses

8.4

10.1

6.3

<.0001

Mean Number of Movement Disorders

0.4

0.6

0.2

0.009b

Mean Number of Medications

7.7

9.4

5.7

<.0001

Mean Number of Psychoactive Medications

0.9

1.2

0.5

0.012b

SIB (score)

3.3

5.1

1.2

<.0001

4 stage balance (seconds)

31.1

26.1

37.0

<.0001

TUG (seconds)

14.7

17.7

11.2

<.0001b

Mean Number of 30 second Chair Stands

10.3

8.3

12.8

<.0001

  1. aChi-square test; bWilcoxon rank-sum test; others are t-tests
  2. SIB Stay Independent Brochure, TUG Timed-Up-and-Go, BMI Body Mass Index, BP Blood pressure