Table 1

Characteristics of subjects by group

Characteristic	Group 1 (n=63)	Group 2 (n=69)	Group 3 (n=61)	Group 4 (n=59)	Total (n=252)	p value^1-150
Gender:
female	78	83	75	81	79	0.74
male	22	17	25	19	21
Age:
under 75 years	79	67	80	76	75	0.24
75 years and over	21	33	20	24	25
Living:
alone	41	57	39	49	47	0.18
with others	59	43	61	51	53
Health:
very good–excellent	37	56	34	39	42	0.16
good	38	28	36	39	35
fair–poor	25	16	30	22	23
History (over previous year):
falls	33	43	25	34	34	0.12
slips	41	33	31	32	35	0.62
trips	43	42	43	46	43	0.98
Concerned about falling	54	55	61	64	58	0.61

↵1-150 χ² tests of differences between groups were not significant at the p<0.05 level. Data shown as percentages.