TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - International and ethnic variability of falls in older men
JO  - Scandinavian journal of public health
A1  - Karlsson, Magnus K.
A1  - Ribom, Eva L.
A1  - Nilsson, J-Å
A1  - Karlsson, Caroline
A1  - Cöster, Maria
A1  - Vonschewelov, Thord
A1  - Mallmin, Hans
A1  - Ljunggren, Osten
A1  - Ohlsson, Claes
A1  - Mellström, Dan
A1  - Lorentzon, Mattias
A1  - Leung, P. C.
A1  - Lau, Edith
A1  - Cauley, Jane A.
A1  - Barrett-Connor, Elizabeth
A1  - Stefanick, Marcia L.
A1  - Orwoll, Eric
A1  - Rosengren, Björn E.
SP  - 194
EP  - 200
VL  - 42
IS  - 2
N2  - Aims: Fallers and especially recurrent fallers are at high risk for injuries. The aim of this study was to evaluate fall epidemiology in older men with special attention to the influence of age, ethnicity and country of residence. METHODS: 10,998 men aged 65 years or above recruited in Hong Kong, the United States (US) and Sweden were evaluated in a cross-sectional retrospective study design. Self-reported falls and fractures for the preceding 12 months were registered through questionnaires. Group comparisons were done by chi-square test or logistic regression. RESULTS: The proportion of fallers among the total population was 16.5% in ages 65-69, 24.8% in ages 80-84 and 43.2% in ages above 90 (P <0.001). The corresponding proportions of recurrent fallers in the same age groups were 6.3%, 10.1% and 18.2%, respectively (P <0.001), and fallers with fractures 1.0%, 2.3% and 9.1%, respectively (P <0.001). The proportion of fallers was highest in the US, intermediate in Sweden and lowest in Hong Kong (in most age groups P <0.05). The proportion of fallers among white men in the US was higher than in white men in Sweden (all comparable age groups P <0.01) but there were no differences in the proportion of fallers in US men with different ethnicity. CONCLUSIONS: The proportion of fallers in older men is different in different countries, and data in this study corroborate with the view that society of residence influences fall prevalence more than ethnicity.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1403-4948
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1403494813510789
ID  - ref1
ER  -