Table 2 The association between number of medications and the risk of fall injury
Controls | Cases | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medications | % | (n) | % | (n) | Crude OR (95% CI) | ORs (95% CI) adjusted for age and sex | ORs (95% CI) adjusted for age, sex and other risk factors* | ORs (95%CI) adjusted for age, sex, other risk factors* and the use of FRIDs |
All medications | ||||||||
0 medication | 40.7 | (8318) | 28.3 | (130) | 1.00 | (REF) | 1.00 (Ref) | 1.00 (Ref) |
1 medication | 12.0 | (2443) | 7.4 | (34) | 0.91 (0.60-1.38) | 0.95 (0.63-1.45) | 1.26 (0.75-2.11) | 1.40 (0.82-2.40) |
2 medications | 11.2 | (2283) | 11.7 | (54) | 1.63 (1.14-2.32) | 1.44 (1.01-2.05) | 1.74 (1.10-2.77) | 2.06 (1.16-3.64) |
3 medications | 9.8 | (1998) | 9.6 | (44) | 1.58 (1.09-2.31) | 1.34 (0.91-1.95) | 1.50 (0.94-2.41) | 1.83 (0.94-3.57) |
4 medications | 8.0 | (1636) | 9.8 | (45) | 1.82 (1.24-2.68) | 1.45 (0.98-2.16) | 1.74 (1.07-2.81) | 2.14 (1.13-4.05) |
≥5 medications | 18.4 | (3768) | 33.3 | (153) | 2.58 (1.98-3.36) | 1.79 (1.36-2.35) | 1.53 (1.06-2.21) | 1.92 (1.08-3.41) |