Sex differences in mortality of older adults with falls after emergency department consultation: FALL-ER registry.

Background: To investigate if sex is a risk factor for mortality in patients consulting at the emergency department (ED) for an unintentional fall.

Methods: This was a secondary analysis of the FALL-ER registry, a cohort of patients ≥65 years with an unintentional fall presenting to one of 5 Spanish EDs during 52 predefined days (one per week during one year). We collected 18 independent patient baseline and fall-related variables.