Research Article

Burden and Correlates of Falls among Rural Elders of South India: Mobility and Independent Living in Elders Study

Table 2

Logistic regression predicting odds of having fallen in the past year by risk factors among Men (Model 1).

Risk factors Men
OR95% CI

6.911.44, 33.1
9.613.07, 30.07
Height (per 1 SD increase2.331.05, 5.13

Backward stepwise logistic regression: ; ; variable(s) in the model: age (per 1 SD), arthritis, depression, diastolic BP (per 1 SD), SPPB, BMI (per 1 SD), cardiovascular disease, stroke, vision, height (per 1 SD), ADL, diabetes, and education.