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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study participants

From: Characteristics of falls among older hip fracture patients from six Chinese hospitals: a post-hoc descriptive analysis

Characteristic

Female

(N = 1,325)

Male

(N = 567)

Total

(N = 1,892)

P value

Age (years), Mean ± SD

80.6 ± 7.4

80.7 ± 8.0

80.7 ± 7.6

0.038

Age group, n (%)

   

0.061

65–69

130 (9.8)

75 (13.2)

205 (10.8)

 

70–74

171 (12.9)

62 (10.9)

233 (12.3)

 

75–79

230 (17.4)

81 (14.3)

311 (16.4)

 

80–84

360 (27.2)

147 (25.9)

507 (26.8)

 

≥ 85

434 (32.8)

202 (35.6)

636 (33.6)

 

Independent living, n (%)

153 (11.5)

58 (10.2)

211 (11.2)

0.404

Living in urban areas, n (%)

1,004 (75.8)

405 (71.4)

1,409 (74.5)

0.047

Education, n (%)

   

< 0.001

No education

339 (25.6)

87 (15.3)

426 (22.5)

 

Primary school or lower

399 (30.1)

179 (31.6)

578 (30.5)

 

Junior high school

308 (23.2)

162 (28.6)

470 (24.8)

 

Senior high school or technical secondary school

161 (12.2)

68 (12.0)

229 (12.1)

 

University or higher

118 (8.9)

71 (12.5)

189 (10.0)

 

Using assistive device, n (%)

508 (38.3)

231 (40.7)

739 (39.1)

0.327

Having sleeping problem, n (%)

728 (54.9)

305 (53.8)

1,033 (54.6)

0.645

Urinate in night, n (%)

978 (73.8)

436 (76.9)

1,414 (74.7)

0.157