Clinical Study
Prevalence of Falls and Its Associated Factors among Elderly Diabetes in a Tertiary Center, Malaysia
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of study population.
| | Variables | Overall
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% | Faller
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% | Nonfaller
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% |
| | Age group (year) | | | | | 60–64 | 118 (41.0) | 20 (37.0) | 98 (41.9) | | 65–69 | 89 (30.9) | 9 (16.7) | 80 (34.2) | | 70–74 | 49 (17.0) | 13 (24.1) | 36 (15.4) | | >75 | 32 (11.1) | 12 (22.2) | 20 (8.5) | | Sex | | | | | Male | 132 (45.8) | 17 (31.5) | 115 (49.1) | | Female | 156 (54.2) | 37 (68.5) | 119 (50.9) | | Living arrangement | | | | | Alone | 31 (10.8) | 7 (13.0) | 24 (11.0) | | With family | 257 (89.2) | 47 (87.0) | 210 (89.7) | | Duration of DM (years) | | | | | Barthel’s index | | | | | Balance and gait scoring | | | | | BMI (kg/m2) | | | | | Hypertension | 180 (62.5) | 37 (68.5) | 144 (61.5) | | Nephropathy | 44 (15.3) | 9 (16.7) | 35 (15.0) | | Retinopathy | 55 (19.1) | 17 (31.5) | 38 (16.2) | | Peripheral neuropathy | 139 (48.3) | 34 (63.0) | 105 (44.9) | | Use of insulin | 58 (21.0) | 15 (27.8) | 43 (18.4) | | Polypharmacy | 232 (80.6) | 46 (85.2) | 186 (79.5) | | Hypoglycemia episode | 57 (19.8) | 16 (29.6) | 41 (17.5) | | Orthostatic hypotension | 35 (12.2) | 13 (24.1) | 22 (9.4) | | FBS level (mmol/L) | | | | | HbA1C level (mmol/L) | | | | | LDL level (mmol/L) | | | | | Serum creatinine (mmol/L) | | | |
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