Fear of Falling, Lower Extremity Strength, and Physical and Balance Performance in Older Adults with Diabetes Mellitus

Table 1

Characteristics in groups based on the history of DM and performance on the mCTSIB.

Group	Number of participants	Age (year)	Duration since DM diagnosis (year)	FBS (mg/dL)	HbA1C (%)
ONDM	20		—
ODM-0	28
ODM-1	44
Failed mCTSIB 3	1
Failed mCTSIB 4	43
ODM-2	20
Failed mCTSIB 2 & 4	4
Failed mCTSIB 3 & 4	16
ODM-3	18
Failed mCTSIB 1, 3 & 4	1
Failed mCTSIB 1, 2, 3, & 4	3
Failed mCTSIB 2, 3, & 4	14

ONDM = older adults without diabetes; ODM-0 = older adults with diabetes without failed performance on mCTSIB; ODM-1 = older adults with diabetes who failed on one condition of mCTSIB; ODM-2 = older adults with diabetes who failed on two conditions of mCTSIB; ODM-3 = older adults with diabetes who failed on more than two conditions of mCTSIB; FBS = fasting blood sugar; HbA1C = hemoglobin A1C. ^aSignificantly different than ONDM (). ^bSignificantly different than ODM-0 ().