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Table 3 Results of multivariable multinomial regression investigating the association between executive function at baseline and falls status at 6-years

From: Executive function and prospective falls: a 6-year longitudinal study in community-dwelling older adults

 

Non-fallers

One-time benign fallers

Serious fallers

 

(N = 605)

(N = 118)

(N = 183)

  

RRR

95% CI

P-value

RRR

95% CI

P-value

Verbal fluency score

Ref

1.01

0.97–1.06

.609

1.02

0.98–1.07

.295

TMT-B, worst quintile (≥ 59 s)

Ref

0.38

0.19–0.75

.006

0.87

0.54–1.41

.575

TMT ratio, worst quintile (≥ 144 s)

Ref

0.31

0.15–0.64

.001

0.94

0.59–1.48

.791

  1. Ref.: reference category
  2. Model was adjusted for sex, education, pain, psychotropic drug use, depressive symptoms, walking speed, fall in the previous year, as these variables were significantly associated with the outcome in bivariate analyses
  3. TMT   Trail making test, TMT-B  Trail making test, part B
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BMC Geriatrics

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