Identifying characteristics and outcomes that are associated with fall-related fatalities: multi-year retrospective summary of fall deaths in older adults from 2005–2012

Table 4 Logistic Regression: Variables associated with fatal head injuries after a fall, Waukesha County, Wisconsin 2005–2012

Variables included in Model	B	Std Error	Wald	df	p*	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval
Age (years)*	−.09	.012	32.73	1	.00	.91	.89	.94
Gender^a*	−.92	.22	18.24	1	.00	2.5	1.65	3.83
BMI^b	.01	.02	.36	1	.55	1.01	.97	1.05
Number of medications	−0.48	.032	2.25	1	.13	.95	.90	1.02
Anticoagulant medication prescribed*	.88	.24	13.04	1	.00	2.4	1.5	3.88
Cardiovascular comorbidity	−.14	.32	.181	1	.67	.87	.46	1.64
Neurological comorbidity	−.33	.22	2.29	1	.13	.72	.472	1.10
Musculoskeletal comorbidity*	−.63	.25	6.42	1	.01	1.87	1.15	3.05
Constant	6.9	1.50	21	1	.00	1012.71

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