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Table 2 Asoociated factors of fall in the elderly participants aged 60 years and more, with calculation of crude odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (95% CI) and adjusted OR using multiple regression analysis

From: The role of quadriceps muscle strength in the development of falls in the elderly people, a cross-sectional study

Variable

Subject with falls

n = 178

Subject without falls

n = 850

Crude OR

(95%CI)

Adjusted OR

(95%CI)

Gender n(%)

 Men

82 (14.3)

491 (85.7)

1

1.15(0.74–1.79)

 Women

96 (21.1)

359 (78.9)

1.6(1.16–2.22)

1

aBMI(kg/m2)

  > 30

62 (18.7)

270 (81.3)

1

1

 25–30

74 (17.2)

357 (82.8)

1.11(076–1.6)

1.09(0.68–1.7)

  < 30

42 (15.8)

223 (82.4)

0.82(053–1.26)

1.1(0.71–0.69)

bOsteoporosis n(%)

 Absent

95 (14.2)

574 (85.8)

1

1

 Present

83 (23.1)

276 (76.9)

1.88(1.34–3.52)

1.38(0.78–1.9)

cQMS (kg)

  > 30

23 (9.3)

225 (90.7)

1

1

 15–30

97 (18.2)

430 (81.8)

2.18(1.34–3.52)

1.72(1.01–2.9)

  < 15

58 (23.5)

189 (76.5)

3.01(1.78–5)

2.02(1.06–3.85)

  1. aBody mass index
  2. bDefined as BMD T-score ≤ − 2.5
  3. cQuadriceps muscle strength