Midlife muscle strength and human longevity up to age 100 years: A 44-year prospective study among a decedent cohort

Age

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 563-570

  Rantanen, Taina ^a   Masaki, Kamal ^b,d   He, Qimei ^b   Ross, G Webster ^b,c,d   Willcox, Bradley J ^b,d   White, Lon ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA Pacific Islands Healthcare System   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Grip strength; Human; Inter generational; Longevity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CENTENARIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONAGENARIAN; OCTAGENARIAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HAWAII; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863715693     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-011-9256-y     Document Type: Article

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