Correlates of Falls among Community-Dwelling Elderly in Thailand

Table 2

Health status of the sample.

Variable	Number ()	Percentage
Body mass index
Underweight (<17.50 kg/m^2)	3	0.7
Normal weight (17.50–22.99 kg/m^2)	146	36.0
Overweight (23.00–27.99 kg/m^2)	192	47.3
Obese (≥28 kg/m^2)	65	16.0
Minimum: 15.56 kg/m^2
Maximum: 43.75 kg/m^2
Mean: 24.60 kg/m^2
Standard deviation: 4.15 kg/m^2
Vision
Normal	249	61.3
Abnormal	157	38.7
Presbyopia	98	51.9
Blurry vision	64	33.9
Cataract	12	6.3
Glaucoma	3	1.6
Pterygium	12	6.3
Hearing
Normal	367	90.4
Abnormal	39	9.6
Hearing aids	6	17.1
Deaf	29	82.9
Diagnosis of chronic condition
No	162	39.9
Yes	244	60.1
Diabetes	76	19.2
Heart	18	4.6
Hypertension	167	42.3
Hyperlipidemia	99	25.1
Benign prostate hypertrophy	35	8.9
Medication use
No	138	34.0
Yes	268	66.0
Antianalgesic drugs	51	11.0
Bone and joint medicine	15	3.21
Antidiuretic drugs	6	1.3
Antihyperglycemic drugs	77	16.6
Cardiac medications	16	3.4
Antihypertensive drugs	168	36.2
Antihyperlipidemia drugs	96	20.7
Antidepressive	1	0.2
Sleeping pill	14	3.0
Others	20	4.3
Alcohol drinking
No	374	92.1
Yes	32	7.9