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Table 4 Associations between PA and MVPA with falls stratified by age

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

Variable

Aged 60–74 (n = 2,499)

Aged 75–100 (n = 743)

Model 1

Model 2

Model 1

Model 2

OR

95% CI

p-valve

OR

95% CI

p-valve

OR

95% CI

p-valve

OR

95% CI

p-valve

PA

 Low level

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

 Moderate level

0.74

0.55–0.99

0.042

0.86

0.63–1.16

0.320

1.06

0.61–1.83

0.834

1.09

0.62–1.93

0.758

 Elevated level

0.45

0.31–0.64

 < 0.001

0.54

0.37–0.79

0.001

1.07

0.61–1.88

0.813

1.13

0.63–2.04

0.685

 High level

0.51

0.37–0.72

 < 0.001

0.68

0.48–0.98

0.037

0.57

0.31–1.03

0.064

0.66

0.35–1.24

0.198

MVPA

 Low level

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

 Moderate level

1.97

1.04–3.73

0.037

1.95

1.00–3.82

0.051

0.52

0.07–4.07

0.529

0.73

0.09–5.89

0.767

 Elevated level

0.85

0.54–1.34

0.475

0.96

0.60–1.53

0.863

0.57

0.20–1.64

0.300

0.54

0.18–1.60

0.268

 High level

0.61

0.44–0.84

0.003

0.75

0.53–1.05

0.096

0.36

0.14–0.91

0.030

0.42

0.16–1.11

0.080

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