Caring for the "Osteo-Cardiovascular Faller": Associations between Multimorbidity and Fall Transitions among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese.

ABSTRACT: Background: It is still uncertain how multimorbidity patterns affect transitions between fall states among middle-aged and older Chinese. Methods: Data were obtained from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) 2011-2018. We utilized latent class analysis to categorize baseline multimorbidity patterns, Markov multi-state model to explore the impact of multimorbidity characterized by condition counts and multimorbidity patterns on subsequent fall transitions, and Cox proportional hazard models to assess hazard ratios of each transition. Results: A total of 14,244 participants aged 45 years and older were enrolled at baseline. Among these participants, 11,956 (83.9%) did not have a fall history in the last 2 years, 1,054 (7.4%) had mild falls, and 1,234 (

SUBMITTER: Yu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11836196 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature