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Table 2 Associations between PA and MVPA with falls among older adults

From: Association between physical activity and falls among older adults in rural China: are there gender and age related differences?

Variable	Model 1			Model 2
Variable	OR	95% CI	p-valve	OR	95% CI	p-valve
PA
Low level	1.00			1.00
Moderate level	0.80	0.62–1.03	0.082	0.90	0.70–1.17	0.448
Elevated level	0.51	0.38–0.70	< 0.001	0.61	0.44–0.83	0.002
High level	0.49	0.36–0.67	< 0.001	0.65	0.47–0.90	0.010
MVPA
Low level	1.00			1.00
Moderate level	1.62	0.89–2.95	0.118	1.74	0.93–3.25	0.084
Elevated level	0.78	0.51–1.18	0.232	0.85	0.55–1.30	0.447
High level	0.55	0.41–0.75	< 0.001	0.68	0.50–0.94	0.019

PA Physical activity, MVPA Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, OR Ddds ratio, CI Confidence interval
Model 1 was unadjusted. Model 2 was adjusted for age, gender, education, household income, alcohol consumption, BMI, living alone, number of chronic disease, ADL score, PD score and MMSE score

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