Social support and older adult falls

Table 2 Logistic regression models predicting fall events among NYCHA residents, New York City, 2009

Primary predictor (two models)	Unadjusted OR (95 % confidence Interval) (n = 1000)	Adjusted OR (95 % confidence Interval) (n = 912^b)
Social Contact	0.976 (0.620-1.538)	1.320^a (0.746-2.338)
Perceived availability of social support	0.846 (0.625-1.146)	0.948^a (0.650-1.384)

NYCHA New York City Housing Authority
^aAdjusted for age, self-described health, race/ethnicity, gender, dizziness, vision difficulties, arthritis, osteoporosis, heart attack, stroke, diabetes, depression, and physical activity
^bAn n value smaller than 1000 reflects missing data for the covariates that were used during adjustment

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