Anemia Is Associated with Disability and Decreased Physical Performance and Muscle Strength in the Elderly

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 719-724

  Penninx, Brenda W J H ^a,e   Pahor, Marco ^a   Cesari, Matteo ^a   Corsi, Anna Maria ^b   Woodman, Richard C ^c   Bandinelli, Stephania ^b   Guralnik, Jack M ^d   Ferrucci, Luigi ^d  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Geriatric Department   (Italy)

^c Ortho Biotech Products LP   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anemia; Disability; InCHIANTI; Older persons; Physical performance; Strength

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; ITALY; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SEX FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 2342488634     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52208.x     Document Type: Article

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