Table 5

- Falling risk factors, multivariate regression analysis, modeling, and backward method.

VariablesP-valueOR95% CI
Enter method
  Age0.8390.9930.928–1.062
  Gender0.6241.4450.331–6.306
  Educational level0.3521.5690.607–4.052
  Spouse status0.7221.1010.648–1.869
  Mini-mental test0.4590.9610.863–1.069
  Geriatric Depression Scale0.6541.0280.911–1.160
  Lawton–Brody scale0.9110.9870.781–1.247
  Annual number of falls0.0055.1191.647–15.907
  6-meter stand up and walk test0.2011.0400.979–1.104
  Right handgrip0.3320.9220.783–1.086
  Left handgrip0.1090.8700.733–1.032
  Right key pinch0.4340.7610.384–1.508
  Left key pinch0.8311.0830.522–2.246
Backward method
  Annual number of falls0.0044.1901.591–11.035
  Right handgrip0.0220.8650.764–0.979
  Left handgrip0.0490.8770.770–0.999