Citation

Faulkner KA, Cauley JA, Studenski SA, Landsittel DP, Cummings SR, Ensrud KE, Donaldson MG, Nevitt MC. Osteoporos. Int. 2009; 20(12): 2025-2034.

Affiliation

University of Pittsburgh, 130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA, kaf24@pitt.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00198-009-0909-y

PMID

19319617

PMCID

PMC2777208

Abstract

Many falls occur among older adults with no traditional risk factors. We examined potential independent effects of lifestyle on fall risk. Not smoking and going outdoors frequently or infrequently were independently associated with more falls, indicating lifestyle-related behavioral and environmental risk factors are important causes of falls in older women. INTRODUCTION: Physical and lifestyle risk factors for falls and population attributable risks (PAR) were examined. METHODS: We conducted a 4-year prospective study of 8,378 community-dwelling women (mean age = 71 years, SD = 3) enrolled in the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures. Data on number of falls were self-reported every 4 months. Fall rates were calculated (# falls/woman-years). Poisson regression was used to estimate relative risks (RR). RESULTS: Physical risk factors (p /= 5%. CONCLUSIONS: Fall interventions addressing modifiable physical risk factors with PAR >/= 5% while considering environmental/behavioral risk factors are indicated.

Language: en