Open AccessIncreased Concern Is Protective for Falls in Chinese Older People: The Chopstix Fall Risk Study
Author(s) -
Marcella Kwan,
William W.N. Tsang,
Sang-I Lin,
Mark Greenaway,
Jacqueline Close,
Stephen R. Lord
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.134
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1758-535X
pISSN - 1079-5006
DOI - 10.1093/gerona/gls338
Subject(s) - falling (accident) , medicine , demography , fear of falling , cohort , cohort study , confounding , poison control , injury prevention , chinese people , gerontology , incidence (geometry) , china , environmental health , geography , physics , archaeology , optics , sociology
Chinese older people have approximately half the risk of falling as their white counterparts, but no studies to date have explained why such a disparity exists.
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