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Table 2 Adjusted associations between exercise frequency and fall experiences in the past year among 1,429 older women

From: Physical exercise habits are related with reduced prevalence of falling among elderly women in China

 

Exercise frequency (days/week)

p for trend1

0

1–5

≥ 6

n

596

206

627

 

With fall experience

106

24

84

 

Prevalence (%)2

17.8

11.7

13.4

 

Crude model

1

0.61 (0.38, 0.98)3*

0.72 (0.52, 0.98)*

0.033

Model 14

1

0.53 (0.33, 0.86)*

0.58 (0.42, 0.80)*

0.001

Model 2 5

1

0.50 (0.29, 0.85)*

0.37 (0.25, 0.55)*

< 0.001

  1. 1 Obtained by multivariate logistic regression analysis
  2. 2 Prevalence of falls based on the number of fall experiences in each tertile
  3. 3 Values represent odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals
  4. 4 Adjusted for age and BMI
  5. 5 Adjusted for age, BMI, former occupation, educational level, living status, family income, hypertension, diabetes, and smoking and drinking habits
  6. * Significantly different from the reference category (p < 0.05)
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