Body mass index, muscle strength and physical performance in older adults from eight cohort studies: the HALCyon programme.

Body mass index, muscle strength and physical performance in older adults from eight cohort studies: the HALCyon programme.

<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate the associations of body mass index (BMI) and grip strength with objective measures of physical performance (chair rise time, walking speed and balance) including an assessment of sex differences and non-linearity.<h4>Methods</h4>Cross-section...

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Main Authors: Rebecca Hardy, Rachel Cooper, Avan Aihie Sayer, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Cyrus Cooper, Ian J Deary, Panayotes Demakakos, John Gallacher, Richard M Martin, Geraldine McNeill, John M Starr, Andrew Steptoe, Holly Syddall, Diana Kuh, HALCyon study team
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Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/504a4b38f59b401097cfc0099541433b
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