Research Article
Muscle Strength, Physical Fitness, Balance, and Walking Ability at Risk of Fall for Prefrail Older People
Table 3
Fall risk predictability of community-dwelling older adults in basic characteristic and physical fitness.
| Independent variable | | SE | | OR | 95% CI of OR |
| Age | .04 | .05 | .45 | 1.04 | .93-1.16 | 65–75 years (75 years and above as ref) | -.66 | .70 | .34 | .51 | .12-2.03 | Male (female as ref) | .30 | .65 | .64 | 1.35 | .37-4.87 | Educational level (junior high school and above as ref) | | | .31 | | | Illiterate | .87 | .76 | .25 | 2.39 | .53-10.67 | Elementary school | .22 | .66 | .74 | 1.24 | .33-4.58 | Fall history (3 times as ref) | | | .16 | | | No | -19.63 | 16698.96 | .99 | .000 | .000 | 1 time | -20.72 | 16698.96 | .99 | .000 | .000 | 2 times | -20.89 | 16698.96 | .99 | .000 | .000 | Without long-term medications (with long-term medications as ref) | -2.08 | .82 | .01 | .12 | .02-.62 | Number of long-term medications | .13 | .12 | .29 | 1.13 | .89-1.45 | Left hand grip strength | .06 | .05 | .27 | 1.06 | .95-1.19 | Right hand grip strength | -.14 | .06 | .01 | .86 | .76-.97 | Timed Up and Go test | .12 | .09 | .21 | 1.12 | .93- 1.37 | 30-s chair stand test | -.10 | .05 | .07 | .90 | .80- 1.01 | No frailty (prefrailty as ref) | -.20 | .40 | .61 | .81 | .36-1.81 |
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