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Table 3 Generalized linear mixed model * of characteristics significantly associated with injurious ** falls among people aged 65 years and older

From: Circumstances and outcomes of falls among high risk community-dwelling older adults

Falls characteristic

Odds ratio

95% Confidence interval

Age group

  

  65–74

Ref

–––

  75–84

1.7

1.0–2.8

  ≥85

2.2

1.2–3.9

Gender

  

  Male

Ref

–––

  Female

2.1

1.3–3.4

Direction of the fall

  

  Backward to sitting

Ref

–––

  Backward and landing flat

5.6

2.9–10.5

  Sideways

4.6

2.6–8.0

  Forward

3.3

2.0–5.7

  Straight down

1.7

0.4–6.9

  Other specified

0.6

0.1–6.1

  Not specified

5.1

2.4–10.9

  1. *Model included age-group, gender, location, number of days in the study, activity, attributed cause, and direction of the fall.
  2. **Injury severity (none, mild, moderate/severe) treated as a nominal variable.