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Table 2 Correlates of T-FoF vs. No-FoF among older adults aged 75 and older (n = 223)

From: Transient versus stable nature of fear of falling over 24 months in community-older persons with falls– data of the EU SCOPE project on Kidney function

Predictors

OR (95%CI) T-FoF Crude Model

OR (95%CI) T-FoF Age and gender adjusted Model *

OR (95%CI) T-FoF Fully adjusted Model *

Age [years]

0.99 (0.93 – 1.05)

0.99 (0.93 – 1.06)

0.97 (0.90 – 1.04)

Gender (female)

1.23 (0.71 – 2–13)

1.22 (0.70 – 2.12)

1.22 (0.64 – 2.31)

Dependency in 1 or more IADL, n (%)

1.64 (0.93 – 2.91)

1.99 (1.06 – 3.74)

1.48 (0.76 – 2.91)

SPPB < 7

2.81 (1.41 – 5.86)

3.07 (1.51 – 6.23)

2.38 (1.12 – 5.03)

Osteoporosis

2.40 (1.26 – 4.57)

2.38 (1.23 – 4.63)

2.04 (1.03 – 4.05)

  1. Abbreviations: No-FoF no Fear of Falling, T-FoF Transient Fear of Falling, IADL instrumental activities of daily living, SSPB short physical performance battery, EQoL-VAS visualisation scale of EuroQoL-5D
  2. * in age and gender adjusted models, the OR of every variable, corrected for age and sex is calculated, while in fully adjusted models the OR of every variable, corrected for age, sex and the other variables is calculated
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