High body mass index and physical impairments as predictors of walking limitation 22 years later in adult Finns

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 859-865

  Stenholm, Sari ^a   Sainio, Päivi ^a   Rantanen, Taina ^b   Koskinen, Seppo ^a   Jula, Antti ^a   Heliövaara, Markku ^a   Aromaa, Arpo ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGING; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 34548771392     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/62.8.859     Document Type: Article

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