Unintentional weight loss predicts decline in activities of daily living function and life-space mobility over 4 years among community-dwelling older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-75

  Ritchie, Christine S ^a,b,d,e   Locher, Julie L ^a,b,c   Roth, David L ^b   McVie, Theresa ^b   Sawyer, Patricia ^a,b   Allman, Richard ^a,b,d  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Function; Mobility; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CAUCASIAN; LOCOMOTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 41149166760     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/63.1.67     Document Type: Article

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