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Table 5 Differences between number of medications, history of falls, gender and fear of falling between fallers and non-fallers

From: Characterization of falls in adults with established rheumatoid arthritis and associated factors

  

Occurrence of falls (n)

  

No

Yes

χ2

P

Polypharmacy

Up to three medications

20

9

5.55

0.018

Four or more

24

33

History of falls

Yes

10

22

8.087

0.004

No

34

20

Gender

Female

38

38

0.354

0.552

Male

6

4

Fear of falling

Present

31

31

0.120

0.729

Absent

13

11

  1. X2: chi-square; P: significance level