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Table 5 Predictors of fall among study participants

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

Variable

Adjusted odds ratio

95% CI

p-value

BMI

   

Not Obese

Reference

  

Obese

16.55

7.33–37.38

< 0.001

Physical Activity

   

Active

Reference

  

Inactive

0.52

0.21–1.71

0.297

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