Table 6 Multiple regression analysis of factors associated with fall in elderly participants
From: Proposal for a screening protocol for falls among old subjects attending the audio-vestibular clinic
Independent variables | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Crude OR (95% CI) | P value | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | P value | |
Age | 1.33 (1.26 –1.41) | 0.0001* | 0.89 (0.78- 1.02) | 0.1 |
DM | 1.41 (0.93—0.22) | 0.0001* | 0.41 (0.19 -0.85) | 0.02* |
Hypertension | 0.03 (0.02 – 0.06) | 0.0001* | 0.11(0.003–0.034) | 0.0001* |
cardiovascular diseases | 0.12 (0.07 – 0.18) | 0.0001* | 0.75(0.34– 1.64) | 0.48 |
Orthostatic hypotension | 0.14 (0.04—0.43) | 0.0001* | 0.01 (0.001- 0.49) | 0.0001* |
Gaze Nystagmus | 0.03 (0.004–0.24) | 0.0001* | 0.63 (0.05–8.03) | 0.72 |
Pursuit tracking | 0.06 (0.03–0.15) | 0.0001* | 0.28 (0.06–1.15) | 0.07 |
Saccadic | 0.2 (0.09–0.41) | 0.0001* | 0.98 (0.31–3.1) | 0.98 |
Spontaneous Nystagmus | 0.07 (0.02–0.34) | 0. 001* | 0.54 (0.09–3.2) | 0.5 |
Head impulse test | 0.09 (0.02- 0.33) | 0.0001* | 0.61 (0.11–3.3) | 0.56 |
Post head shaking test | 0.12 (0.04- 0.31) | 0.0001* | 1.31 (0.16–10.6) | 0.79 |
Positioning nystagmus | 0.47 (0.2–0.84) | 0.01* | 0.31 (0.12–0.8) | 0.01* |
Positional nystagmus | 0.12 (0.05–0.22) | 0.0001* | 0.15 (0.02–0.85) | 0.03* |
Fukuda test | 0.13 (0.07 – 0.23) | 0.0001* | 0.37 (0.15 – 0.9) | 0.03* |
Romberg test | 0.06 (0.14 – 0.28) | 0.0001* | 0.034(0.003–0.42) | 0.008* |
Modified CTSIB | 0.18 (0.11 – 0.31) | 0.0001* | 1.05 (0.47 – 2.37) | 0.89 |