ArticleAge and ageing2016
Race and fall risk: data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS).
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- Racial and Ethnic Differences in Falls Among Older Adults: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2022Pooled it
- Factors associated with falls in older adults: A secondary analysis of a 12-month randomized controlled trial.Archives of gerontology and geriatrics · 2023Trial
- A Body Shape Index Shows Stronger Associations with Falls than BMI among Older Adults: Evidence from the NHATS Cohort.Gerontology · 2026Article
- Multivariate analysis of newly diagnosed hip, knee, and combined hip and knee Osteoarthritis and recurrent fall risk: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Associations Between Fall Risk and Lower Limb Joint Range of Motion During Sit-to-Stand Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults.Research in health and medicine · 2026Article
- Association of falls with risk of dementia and all-cause mortality: a cohort study of Japanese older adults with a 9-year follow-up.European geriatric medicine · 2025Article
- Factors Associated With Incident and Recurrent Falls Among Men Enrolled in Evidence-Based Fall Prevention Programs: An Examination of Race and Ethnicity.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2024Article
- The associations of oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy, sociodemographic characteristics, and clinical characteristics with time to fall in older adults with colorectal cancer.American journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
- Intra-individual consistency of vestibular perceptual thresholds.Attention, perception & psychophysics · 2024Article
- Demographic Comparisons of Self-Reported Fall Risk Factors Among Older Adults Attending Outpatient Rehabilitation.Clinical interventions in aging · 2024Article
- Recurrent Falls over Three Years among Older Adults Age 70+: Associations with Physical and Mental Health Status, Exercise, and Hospital Stay.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2023Article
- Order of Onset of Physical Frailty and Cognitive Impairment and Risk of Repeated Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2023Observational
- Associations Between Changes in Depression/Anxiety Symptoms and Fall Worry Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2022Article
- Age-Related Changes in Bone Density, Microarchitecture, and Strength in Postmenopausal Black and White Women: The SWAN Longitudinal HR-pQCT Study.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2022Article
- One-year prevalence and clinical characteristics in chronic dizziness: The 2019-2020 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Persistent polypharmacy and fall injury risk: the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
- Home and Neighborhood Context of Falls Among Black and White Older Americans.Journal of aging and health · 2021Article
- SPPB reference values and performance in assessing sarcopenia in community-dwelling Singaporeans - Yishun study.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
- The relationship between home ownership and fall-related outcomes: The National Health and Aging Trends Study.PLOS global public health · 2021Article
- The Relationship Between Storey of Buildings and Fall Risk.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesthe objective of this study was to explore whether race-based difference in fall risk may be mediated by environmental and physical performance risk factors.
methodsusing data from a nationally representative longitudinal survey of 7,609 community-dwelling participants in the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS), we evaluated whether racial differences in fall risk may be explained by physical performance level (measured by the Short Physical Performance Battery), mobility disability, physical activity level and likelihood of living alone. Multivariate Poisson regression and mediation models were used in analyses.
resultsin whites and blacks, the annual incidence of 'any fall' was 33.8 and 27.1%, respectively, and the annual incidence of 'recurrent falls' was 15.5 and 12.3%, respectively. Compared with whites, blacks had relative risks of 0.7 (95% confidence interval 0.6-0.8) and 0.6 (0.5-0.8) for sustaining any fall and recurrent falls, respectively, in adjusted analyses. Blacks had poorer performance on the SPPB (P < 0.001), higher levels of mobility disability (P < 0.001), similar levels of physical activity (P = 0.19) and were equally likely to live alone relative to whites (P = 0.77). Mediation analysis revealed that these risk factors collectively acted as suppressors and none of these factors accounted for the racial differences in fall risk observed.
conclusionsrelative to whites, blacks were at 30 and 40% decreased risk of sustaining any fall and recurrent falls, respectively. This difference in risk remains unexplained.
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