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

Objective 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. Methods Cross-sectional data from eight UK cohort studies (t...

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Những tác giả chính: Hardy, R, Cooper, R, Aihie Sayer, A, Ben-Shlomo, Y, Cooper, C, Deary, I, Demakakos, P, Gallacher, J, Martin, R, McNeill, G, Starr, J, Steptoe, A, Syddall, H, Kuh, D
Định dạng: Journal article
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Public Library of Science 2013