From: Incorporating frailty to address the key challenges to geriatric economic evaluation
Dependent variable: Incidence of any fall between ELSA Waves 4 and 5 (N = 6,205)1 | ||
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Explanatory variables | Coefficient (SE) | P-value |
Constant | 0.067 (0.020) | < 0.001 |
Age | 0.009 (0.004) | 0.028 |
Female | 0.187 (0.061) | 0.002 |
Falls history one year prior to W4 survey2 (ref: No falls history) | Â | Â |
 Single non-MA fall | 0.845 (0.090) | < 0.001 |
 Recurrent non-MA falls | 1.654 (0.102) | < 0.001 |
 Single MA fall | 0.657 (0.141) | < 0.001 |
 Recurrent falls with MA | 0.974 (0.166) | < 0.001 |
Frailty (0-100) | 0.049 (0.010) | < 0.001 |
Frailty^2 | -0.0007 (0.0002) | 0.002 |
Fear of falling | 0.279 (0.125) | 0.026 |
Abnormal gait/balance | 0.148 (0.084) | 0.079 |