Examination of the Increased Risk for Falls Among Individuals With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Population‐Based Study
Main finding · Risk of fallingResult — go to the resultOdds ratio 1.33 95% CI 1.14–1.56Authors' conclusion
Our findings support the idea that knee OA is an independent risk factor for falls. The circumstances in which falls occur differ from those for individuals without knee OA.
Study context
- Population
- Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, people aged 45–85 years at baseline; baseline and 3-year follow-up questionnaires
- Participants
- 21,710 participants
- Exposure
- Knee osteoarthritis (OA) vs no arthritis
- Outcome
- Falls (falling patterns) and 1 or more injurious falls among individuals with knee OA
- Follow-up
- 3-year follow-up
Methodological detailsmultivariable-adjusted logistic regression, ordinal logistic regression
- Multivariable-adjusted logistic regression
- Ordinal logistic regression
Main finding
Risk of falling
Odds ratio
1.33
95% CI 1.14–1.56
By group
Knee OA
10%
Knee OAvs No arthritis
OR 1.33 (95% CI 1.14–1.56)
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Predictors of falling among individuals with knee OA
- Previous fall, OR
- 1.75 (95% CI 1.22-2.52)
- Previous fracture, OR
- 1.42 (95% CI 1.12-1.80)
- Urinary incontinence, OR
- 1.38 (95% CI 1.01-1.88)
Original publication
Examination of the Increased Risk for Falls Among Individuals With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Population‐Based Study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). Published 22 June 2023. doi:10.
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