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Objectives: To examine whether anemia is associated with a higher incidence of recurrent falls.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Setting: Community‐dwelling sample in the Netherlands.

Participants: Three hundred ninety‐four participants aged 65 to 88 from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam.

measurements: Anemia was defined according to World Health Organization criteria as a hemoglobin concentration less than 12 g/dL in women and less than 13 g/dL in men. Falls were prospectively determined using fall calendars that participants filled out weekly for 3 years. Recurrent fallers were identified as those who fell at least two times within 6 months during the 3‐year follow‐up.

Results: Of the 394 persons, 11.9% (18 women and 29 men) had anemia. The incidence of recurrent falls was 38.3% of anemic persons versus 19.6% of nonanemic persons (P=.004). After adjustment for sex, age, body mass …