| Kuang TM |
------>authors3_c=??? ------>paper_class1=1 ------>Impact_Factor=None ------>paper_class3=1 ------>paper_class2=1 ------>vol=71 ------>confirm_bywho=None ------>insert_bywho=wmhsu ------>Jurnal_Rank=None ------>authors4_c=??? ------>comm_author= ------>patent_EDate=None ------>authors5_c=??? ------>publish_day=1 ------>paper_class2Letter=None ------>page2=472 ------>medlineContent= ------>unit=000 ------>insert_date=20081130 ------>iam=3 ------>update_date=None ------>author=??? ------>change_event=1 ------>ISSN= ------>authors_c=??? ------>score=500 ------>journal_name=J.Chin Med Assoc ------>paper_name=Visual impairment and falls in the elderly: the Shihpai Eye Study. ------>confirm_date=None ------>tch_id=096076 ------>pmid=18818140 ------>page1=467 ------>fullAbstract=BACKGROUND: To investigate the association between visual impairment and falls in a metropolitan elderly Chinese population. METHODS: A population-based cross-sectional study of eye diseases among subjects 65 years of age and older was conducted in the Shihpai community of Taipei between July 1, 1999 and December 31, 2000. RESULTS: Of the 2,045 subjects invited, 1,361 (66.6%) participated in both the questionnaire and the eye examination. Sixty-two (4.6%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 3.4-5.7%) had experienced 2 or more falls in the previous 12 months. On univariate analysis, best-corrected Snellen visual acuity of the better eye less than 6/12 (odds ratio [OR], 2.47; 95% CI, 1.18-5.18; p<0.001), female gender (OR, 2.52; 95% CI, 1.49-4.26; p<0.001), high waist-to-hip ratio (OR, 1.86; 95% CI, 1.00-3.47; p=0.01), history of diabetes mellitus (OR, 3.88; 95% CI, 2.27-6.62; p<0.001) and cardiovascular disease (OR, 2.26; 95% CI, 1.34-3.80; p=0.04) were significantly related to falls. In the final multiple logistic regression model controlling for other covariates, visual impairment (OR, 1.98; 95% CI, 1.02-4.32; p<0.001), female gender (OR, 2.34; 95% CI, 1.29-4.23; p<0.01), history of diabetes (OR, 3.61; 95% CI, 2.03-6.40; p<0.01) and cardiovascular disease (OR, 1.96; 95% CI, 1.13-3.40; p=0.04) were significantly related to falls. CONCLUSION: Falls were significantly associated with a best-corrected Snellen visual acuity of less than 6/12. ------>tmu_sno=None ------>sno=20250 ------>authors2=Tsai SY ------>authors3=Hsu WM ------>authors4=Cheng CY ------>authors5=Liu JH ------>authors6=Chou P ------>authors6_c=??? ------>authors=Kuang TM ------>delete_flag=0 ------>SCI_JNo=None ------>authors2_c=??? ------>publish_area=0 ------>updateTitle=Visual impairment and falls in the elderly: the Shihpai Eye Study. ------>language=2 ------>check_flag=None ------>submit_date=None ------>country=NULL ------>no=9 ------>patent_SDate=None ------>update_bywho=None ------>publish_year=2008 ------>submit_flag=None ------>publish_month=7 |