Table 3 Adjusted associations between exercise behaviors and fall experiences in the past year among 833 older women
From: Physical exercise habits are related with reduced prevalence of falling among elderly women in China
Categories of exercise behaviors | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Exercise duration (hours/day) | p for trend1 | |||
< 1 | 1–2 | > 2 | ||
n | 374 | 391 | 68 | |
With fall experience | 52 | 44 | 20 | |
Prevalence (%)2 | 13.9 | 11.3 | 29.4 | |
Crude model | 1 | 0.79 (0.51, 1.21)3 | 2.58 (1.42, 4.69)* | 0.092 |
Model 14 | 1 | 0.85 (0.55, 1.32) | 2.72 (1.46, 5.07)* | 0.054 |
Model 25 | 1 | 0.85 (0.53, 1.36) | 2.80 (1.30, 6.05)* | 0.174 |
Exercise intensity (level) | ||||
Low | Middle | High | ||
n | 188 | 537 | 108 | |
With fall experience | 20 | 74 | 16 | |
Prevalence (%) | 10.6 | 13.8 | 14.8 | |
Crude | 1 | 1.34 (0.80, 2.27) | 1.46 (0.72, 2.96) | 0.254 |
Model 14 | 1 | 0.94 (0.53, 1.65) | 0.91 (0.41, 2.01) | 0.807 |
Model 25 | 1 | 0.84 (0.47, 1.49) | 0.86 (0.37, 1.97) | 0.655 |
Exercise history (year) | ||||
< 1 | 1–3 | > 3 | ||
n | 90 | 252 | 491 | |
With fall experience | 20 | 34 | 54 | |
Prevalence (%) | 22.2 | 13.5 | 11.0 | |
Crude model | 1 | 0.55 (0.30, 1.01) | 0.43 (0.24, 0.77) * | 0.007 |
Model 14 | 1 | 0.75 (0.39, 1.43) | 0.40 (0.22, 0.73)* | 0.001 |
Model 25 | 1 | 0.78 (0.37, 1.65) | 0.38 (0.20, 0.74)* | 0.001 |