Posturographic measures did not improve the predictive power to identify recurrent falls in community-dwelling elderly fallers.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate if posturography can be considered a recurrent fall predictor in elderly individuals.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. A total of 124 subjects aged 60 to 88 years were evaluated and divided into two groups-the recurrent fallers (89) and single fallers (35) groups.

Alcohol and tobacco consumption concordance and its correlates in older couples in Latin America.

Aim: As little is known about alcohol and tobacco consumption concordance between older spouses in low- and middle-income countries, the present study aimed to estimate this in older couples from five Latin American countries.

Methods: This study is a secondary analysis of data collected between 2003 and 2007 by the 10/66 Dementia Research Group, from 1451 couples aged over 65 years from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Peru, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Kappa statistic was used to assess the agreement of the behavior beyond chance, and logistic regression models with meta-analyses were used to estimate the factors associated with concordance.