Prevalence and Risk Factors for Fall among Rural Elderly: A County-Based Cross-Sectional Survey

Table 4

Binary logistic regression analysis results: risk factors for fall.

	All injuries
	Odds ratio	95% CI	P-value
Female	2.12	1.48–3.05	≤0.001
Age (years)
65–74	1.00
75–84	1.20	1.12–1.75	0.336
≥85	0.04	0.00–0.49	0.011
Floor
Nonslippery floor	1.00		Reference
Slippery floor	1.13	0.69–1.84	0.636
Without floor	1.85	1.23–2.77	0.003
Using a cane	2.11	1.08–4.10	0.028
Roughage intake frequency
Daily	1.00		Reference
Often	2.14	1.07–4.31	0.032
Occasionally	2.26	1.12–4.60	0.024
Hardly	2.48	1.24–4.97	0.011
IADL
Very well	1.00		Reference
Good	1.26	1.01–1.53	0.734
Medium	2.02	1.89–2.32	≤0.001
Poor	1.16	1.06–1.45	0.848