Mutually adjusted ORs and 95% CIs of falls among the elderly, 65 years and older, in Scania, Sweden, in relation to psychotropic drug use and sociodemographic variables
| Men | Women | |||
| Mutually adjusted OR | 95% CI | Mutually adjusted OR | 95% CI | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Not single | 1.00 | (Ref) | 1.00 | (Ref) |
| Single | 1.14 | (1.02 to 1.28) | 1.09 | (1.01 to 1.18) |
| Economic category of the country of origin | ||||
| High income economies | 1.00 | (Ref) | 1.00 | (Ref) |
| Upper middle income economies | 0.68 | (0.45 to 1.02) | 0.86 | (0.68 to 1.09) |
| Lower middle income economies | 0.78 | (0.53 to 1.15) | 0.57 | (0.43 to 0.75) |
| Low income economies | 0.33 | (0.07 to 1.42) | 0.83 | (0.37 to 1.85) |
| Income | ||||
| Low | 1.00 | (Ref) | 1.00 | (Ref) |
| Middle | 1.05 | (0.91 to 1.20) | 1.00 | (0.93 to 1.09) |
| High | 0.92 | (0.80 to 1.06) | 0.96 | (0.88 to 1.06) |
| Previous fall (during last year) | ||||
| No | 1.00 | (Ref) | 1.00 | (Ref) |
| Yes | 4.40 | (3.31 to 5.86) | 3.90 | (3.33 to 4.57) |
| Opioids (N02A) | ||||
| Not Exp | 1.00 | (Ref) | 1.00 | (Ref) |
| Exp P1* not P2* | 6.07 | (2.64 to 13.99) | 5.16 | (3.11 to 8.56) |
| Exp P2* not P1* | 1.37 | (1.07 to 1.75) | 1.53 | (1.33 to 1.76) |
| Exp P1* and P2* | 1.90 | (1.49 to 2.42) | 1.92 | (1.68 to 2.20) |
| Anxiolytics/Hypnotics and sedatives(N05B, N05C) | ||||
| Not Exp | 1.00 | (Ref) | 1.00 | (Ref) |
| Exp P1* not P2* | 1.52 | (0.60 to 3.83) | 1.39 | (0.87 to 2.20) |
| Exp P2* not P1* | 1.41 | (1.13 to 1.67) | 1.01 | (0.90 to 1.14) |
| Exp P1* and P2* | 1.43 | (1.22 to 1.67) | 1.33 | (1.22 to 1.46) |
| Antidepressants (N06A) | ||||
| Not Exp | 1.00 | (Ref) | 1.00 | (Ref) |
| Exp P1* not P2* | 8.09 | (1.01 to 64.88) | 1.09 | (0.45 to 2.69) |
| Exp P2*not P1* | 1.38 | (0.93 to 2.04) | 1.16 | (0.96 to 1.41) |
| Exp P1* and P2* | 1.84 | (1.50 to 2.25) | 1.84 | (1.66 to 2.04) |
↵* P1, exposed at the time of the fall and 1–7 days before the falling accident; P2, exposed 8–85 days before the falling accident; P1+P2, exposed at the time of the fall and 1–85 days before the falling accident.