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Table 2 Associations between the number of chronic diseases and falls among middle-aged and aged people in China (n = 10,015)

From: Patterns of multimorbidity in association with falls among the middle-aged and older adults: results from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

Number of chronic diseases

Crude

Adjusted

OR (95% CI)

P

OR (95% CI)

P

 0

Ref

/

Ref

/

 1

1.40 (1.24,1.58)

0.001

1.37 (1.22,1.55)

0.001

 2

1.87 (1.66,2.11)

0.001

1.80 (1.60,2.03)

0.001

 ≥ 3

2.99 (2.67,3.34)

0.001

2.75 (2.46,3.08)

0.001

  1. Adjusted for age, sex, marital status, education level, household income per capita, residential region, smoking status, drinking status, and body mass index
  2. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
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