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Table 3 Demographics of patients with high or low risk of falling and 10 of the most predictive variables

From: A cohort study on longitudinal changes in postural balance during the first year after stroke

Characteristic

BBS < 45 (n = 39)

BBS ≥ 45 (n = 54)

P-valuea

Age, years, mean (SD)

78 (10)

71 (12)

0.006

Sex, male/female (% female)

19/20 (51%)

35/19 (35%)

0.12

Stroke type, ischemic infarct/ICH (% ischemic infarct)

35/4 (90%)

53/1 (98%)

0.16

Stroke severity, moderate/mild (% moderate)

31/8 (79%)

31/11 (57%)

 < 0.001

FMA-UE motor function, mean (SD)

56 (13)

61 (7)

0.16

FMA-LE motor function, mean (SD)

29 (6)

33 (2)

 < 0.001

BI total score

70 (55–85)

85 (75–95)

 < 0.001

BI-Transfers, n (%)

  

 < 0.001

 Major help

6 (15%)

0 (0%)

 

 Minor help

17 (44%)

10 (19%)

 

 Independent

16 (41%)

44 (81%)

 

BI-Mobility, n (%)

  

 < 0.001

 Immobile/Major help

7 (18%)

3 (6%)

 

 Minor help

29 (74%)

25 (46%)

 

 Independent

3 (8%)

26 (48%)

 

NIHSS

2 (1–3)

2 (1–4)

0.79

MoCA

20 (19–24)

23 (20–25)

0.05

mRS

3 (2–3)

2 (2–2)

 < 0.001

HADS-A

4 (2–7)

4 (0–8)

0.6

  1. Data are given as median (25th – 75th percentile) unless otherwise noted
  2. BI Barthel Index, FMA Fugl-Meyer Assessment, HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, ICH Intracerebral hemorrhage, LE Lower extremity, MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment, mRS modified Rankin Scale, SD Standard deviation, UE Upper extremity
  3. aP-values were determined by either Fisher’s exact test, Pearson χ2, Cochran-Armitage test, Mann–Whitney U test, or independent t test as appropriate. Significant values are indicated in bold