Weight change and lower body disability in older Mexican Americans

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1730-1737

  Al Snih, Soham ^a,b   Raji, Mukaila A ^a,b   Markides, Kyriakos S ^a,b   Ottenbacher, Kenneth J ^a,b   Goodwin, James S ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

ADL disability; Mexican Americans; Walking; Weight change

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HIP FRACTURE; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SELF REPORT; STROKE; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MOBILITY LIMITATION; RISK; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 30944457698     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53522.x     Document Type: Article

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