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Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants by fallers and non-fallers (N = 382)

From: Impact of blindness due to cataract in elderly fallers: findings from a cross-sectional study in Andhra Pradesh, South India

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Characteristics

Category

Fallers (n = 70)

Non-fallers (n = 312)

p value

1

Gender

Male

29 (41.4)

151 (48.4)

 

Female

41 (58.6)

161 (51.6)

0.354

2

Age (years)

 

64.9 ± 5.7

63.7 ± 7.2

0.141

3

Education

Illiterate

39 (55.7)

148 (47.6)

 

School

26 (37.1)

143 (45.9)

 

College

5 (7.1)

20 (6.4)

0.403

4

Socioeconomic statusa

Lower and extreme lower

68 (98.6)

280 (90.6)

 

Middle and upper

1 (1.4)

29 (9.4)

0.025

5

Occupation

Working (agriculture labor/daily wage laborer/clerk/watchman/own business/plumber/vegetable seller)

49 (70.0)

195 (62.5)

 

Retired/housemaker/non-working

21 (30)

117 (37.5)

0.272

6

Systemic illness

Yes

28 (40.0)

83 (26.6)

 

No

42 (60.0)

229 (73.4)

0.029

7

Vision statusb

<6/6 to 6/18

11 (15.9)

72 (23.3)

 

<6/18 to 6/60

28 (40.6)

146 (47.2)

 

<6/60 to 3/60

23 (33.3)

84 (27.2)

 

<3/60

7 (10.1)

7 (2.3)

0.007

8

Eye operated

Unilateral

38 (54.3)

217 (69.6)

 

Bilateral

31 (44.3)

93 (29.8)

0.023

  1. aData on socioeconomic status was not available for 4 participants
  2. bData was not available on 4 patients