Table 2 Socio-demographics of patients, overall and by falling outcome status

Age (years)

Mean (SD^b)

56.81(58.00)

64.95(69.00)

56.02(57.00)

-4.915^c

<0.001*

Range

18–96

18–87

18–96

28.349^a

<0.001*

≤ 59

589(53.4)

15(24.6)

574(55.1)

60 ∼ 69

297(27.0)

20(32.8)

277(26.6)

70 ∼ 79

165(15.0)

20(32.8)

145(13.9)

≥ 80

51(4.6)

6(9.8)

45(4.3)

Gender

0.008^a

1.000

Male

536(48.6)

30(49.2)

506(48.6)

Female

566(51.4)

31(50.8)

535(51.4)

Education level

9.608^a

0.008*

High school or less

479(43.5)

38(62.3)

441(42.4)

College or university

612(55.5)

23(37.7)

589(56.6)

Master or PhD

11(1.0)

0

11(1.1)

Marital status

4.652^a

0.098

Single

107(9.7)

2(3.3)

105(10.1)

Married

969(87.9)

56(91.8)

913(87.7)

Divorced/Widowed

26(2.4)

3(4.9)

23(2.2)

Falling of history

210.524^a

<0.001*

Yes

44(4.0)

24(39.3)

20(1.9)

NO

1058(96.0)

37(60.7)

1021(98.1)

Caregiver

6.349^a

0.012*

Family caregiver

534(48.5)

20(32.8)

514(49.4)

Self

568(51.5)

41(67.2)

527(50.6)

Visual acuity ^d

27.931 ^a

<0.001*

VA>0.3

848(77.0)

813(78.1)

35(57.4)

0.1< VA ≤ 0.3

178(16.2)

166(15.9)

12(19.7)

0.05< VA ≤ 0.1

45(4.1)

37(3.6)

8(13.1)

VA ≤ 0.05

31(2.8)

25(2.4)

6(9.8)