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Table 4 Association between obesity, Physical Activity and Falls among respondents

From: Association between obesity, physical activity and falls among elderly patients attending the family medicine clinics of a teaching hospital in Southern Nigeria

Variables

Falls

(n = 72)

No falls

(n = 206)

χ2

p-value

BMI

  

64.823

< 0.001*

Not Obese

41 (17.2)

197 (82.8)

  

Obese

31 (77.5)

9 (22.5)

  

Physical Activity

  

1.086

0.297

Active

3 (15.8)

16 (84.2)

  

Inactive

69 (26.6)

190 (73.4)

  
  1. *Statistically significant