Table 1 |
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Group characteristics of fallers and non-fallers |
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| Fallers (n = 14) |
Non-fallers (n = 80) |
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| Age |
73.0 |
(2.9) |
73.8 |
(2.9) |
| BMIa |
26.8 |
(3.2) |
27.3 |
(4.7) |
| Health b |
4.4 |
(0.7) |
4.3 |
(0.5) |
| PASE c |
125 |
(55) |
126 |
(48) |
| ABC d |
91 |
(8) |
90 |
(13) |
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a Body Mass Index; b Self estimated health on a scale from 1–5, with 1 being very bad and 5 being very good; c Physical Activity-based Scale for the Elderly; d Activity-specific Balance Confidence Scale. Values are mean and standard deviation (). | ||||
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