Table 3 Baseline characteristics of subjects included in prospective cohort study
From: Association of motor index scores with fall incidence among community-dwelling older people
Variables | FINEA = 0 (N = 4035) | FINEA = 1–3 (N = 180) | P -value | GROSSA = 0 (N = 3885) | GROSSA = 1–5 (N = 330) | P -value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 62.0 (56.0,70.0) | 68.0 (60.8,77.3) |  < 0.001 | 62.0 (56.0,70.0) | 67.0 (59.0,77.0) |  < 0.001 |
Sex (male%) | 1887 (46.8) | 86 (47.8) | 0.849 | 1849 (47.6) | 124 (37.6) | 0.001 |
BMI (kg/m2)a | 28.0 (25.3,31.1) (N = 3131) | 28.8 (25.8,32.6) (N = 135) | 0.059 | 27.9 (25.3,31.0) (N = 3029) | 29.9 (26.6,33.5) (N = 237) |  < 0.001 |
Education level, n (%) |  |  | 0.02 |  |  |  < 0.001 |
 Lower | 1007 (25.0) | 58 (32.2) |  | 938 (24.1) | 127 (38.5) |  |
 Secondary | 2430 (60.2) | 106 (58.9) |  | 2356 (60.6) | 180 (54.5) |  |
 High | 598 (14.8) | 16 (8.9) |  | 591 (15.2) | 23 (7.0) |  |
Levels of physical activity, n (%) |  |  |  < 0.001 |  |  |  < 0.001 |
 Low | 1143 (28.3) | 100 (55.6) |  | 1044 (26.9) | 199 (60.3) |  |
 Moderate | 1451 (36.0) | 52 (28.9) |  | 1413 (36.4) | 90 (27.3) |  |
 High | 1441 (35.7) | 28 (15.6) |  | 1428 (36.8) | 41 (12.4) |  |
Smoking, n (%) |  |  |  < 0.001 |  |  |  < 0.001 |
 Never | 3117 (77.2) | 68 (37.8) |  | 3068 (79.0) | 117 (35.5) |  |
 Past | 800 (19.8) | 74 (41.1) |  | 732 (18.8) | 142 (43.0) |  |
 Current | 118 (2.9) | 38 (21.1) |  | 85 (2.2) | 71 (21.5) |  |
History of fainting, n (%) | 682 (16.9) | 36 (20.0) | 0.327 | 649 (16.7) | 69 (20.9) | 0.061 |
Fall since last interview, n (%) | 694 (17.2) | 56 (31.1) |  < 0.001 | 660 (17.0) | 90 (27.3) |  < 0.001 |
Unexplained falls, n (%) | 163 (4.0) | 17 (9.4) |  < 0.001 | 145 (3.7) | 35 (10.6) |  < 0.001 |
Afraid of falling, n (%) | 726 (18.0) | 73 (40.6) |  < 0.001 | 644 (16.6) | 155 (47.0) |  < 0.001 |
Unsteadiness#, n (%) |  |  |  < 0.001 |  |  |  < 0.001 |
 Very steady | 3417 (84.7) | 85 (47.2) |  | 3368 (86.7) | 134 (40.6) |  |
 Slightly steady | 374 (9.3) | 42 (23.3) |  | 344 (8.9) | 72 (21.8) |  |
 Slightly unsteady | 219 (5.4) | 40 (22.2) |  | 166 (4.3) | 93 (28.2) |  |
 Very unsteady | 25 (0.6) | 13 (7.2) |  | 7 (0.2) | 31 (9.4) |  |
Comorbidities, n (%) | ||||||
Cognitive impairment | 150 (3.7) | 11 (6.1) | 0.150 | 131 (3.4) | 30 (9.1) |  < 0.001 |
CVD | 1465 (36.3) | 110 (61.1) |  < 0.001 | 1378 (35.5) | 197 (59.7) |  < 0.001 |
DM or high blood sugar | 253 (6.3) | 24 (13.3) |  < 0.001 | 228 (5.9) | 49 (14.8) |  < 0.001 |
Stroke | 37 (0.9) | 6 (3.3) | 0.005 | 34 (0.9) | 9 (2.7) | 0.003 |
Mini stroke or TIA | 66 (1.6) | 10 (5.6) |  < 0.001 | 65 (1.7) | 11 (3.3) | 0.050 |
Eye disease | 414 (10.3) | 36 (20.0) |  < 0.001 | 374 (9.6) | 76 (23.0) |  < 0.001 |
Arthritis | 274 (6.8) | 21 (11.7) | 0.012 | 265 (6.8) | 30 (9.1) | 0.121 |
History of hip fracture | 92 (2.3) | 4 (2.2) | 0.959 | 85 (2.2) | 11 (3.3) | 0.181 |
FINEA | 0 (0,0) | 1 (1,1) |  < 0.001 | 0 (0,0) | 0 (0,0) |  < 0.001 |
GROSSA | 0 (0,0) | 0 (0,1) |  < 0.001 | 0 (0,0) | 1 (1,2) |  < 0.001 |