American Diabetes Association

Table 2—

Frequency of falls and proportion of fallers among older women by diabetes and insulin use

	No diabetes	Non-insulin-treated diabetes	Insulin-treated diabetes
n	8,620	530	99
Incidence of falls (per person-year)
70–74 years old	0.43	0.56^*	1.26^*^†
75–79 years old	0.52	0.74^*	0.82^*
80–84 years old	0.66	0.89^*	1.31^*^†
≥ 85 years old	0.98	1.32^*	1.37^*
All ages	0.62	0.85^*	1.12^*^†
Fell more than once a year (%)	17.0	25.7^*	35.4^*^†
Fell more than twice a year (%)	6.8	10.6^*	15.2^*
Follow-up (years)	7.2 ± 1.9	6.6 ± 2.2^*	6.2 ± 2.4^*

	No diabetes	Non-insulin-treated diabetes	Insulin-treated diabetes
n	8,620	530	99
Incidence of falls (per person-year)
70–74 years old	0.43	0.56^*	1.26^*^†
75–79 years old	0.52	0.74^*	0.82^*
80–84 years old	0.66	0.89^*	1.31^*^†
≥ 85 years old	0.98	1.32^*	1.37^*
All ages	0.62	0.85^*	1.12^*^†
Fell more than once a year (%)	17.0	25.7^*	35.4^*^†
Fell more than twice a year (%)	6.8	10.6^*	15.2^*
Follow-up (years)	7.2 ± 1.9	6.6 ± 2.2^*	6.2 ± 2.4^*

Data for follow-up are means ± SD.

*

P < 0.05 compared with women without diabetes;

†

P < 0.05 compared with women with non–insulin-treated diabetes.