Gender differences in anthropometric predictors of physical performance in older adults

Gender Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 445-456

  Fragala, Maren S ^a,b   Clark, M H ^b   Walsh, Stephen J ^c   Kleppinger, Alison ^a   Judge, James O ^d   Kuchel, George A ^a   Kenny, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d Evercare   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; body composition; muscle mass; muscle strength; physical function

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRENGTH; WEIGHT;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84870526213     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: 18787398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. M. Visser, T.B. Harris, J. Langlois Body fat and skeletal muscle mass in relation to physical disability in very old men and women of the Framingham Heart Study J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 53 1998 M214 M221
2. M.J. Delmonico, T.B. Harris, J.S. Lee Alternative definitions of sarcopenia, lower extremity performance, and functional impairment with aging in older men and women J Am Geriatr Soc 55 2007 769 774
3. A.M. Silva, W. Shen, M. Heo Ethnicity-related skeletal muscle differences across the lifespan Am J Hum Biol 22 2010 76 82
4. D. Gallagher, M. Visser, R.E. De Meersman Appendicular skeletal muscle mass: effects of age, gender, and ethnicity J Appl Physiol 83 1997 229 239
5. I. Janssen, S.B. Heymsfield, Z.M. Wang, R. Ross Skeletal muscle mass and distribution in 468 men and women aged 18-88 yr J Appl Physiol 89 2000 81 88
6. M. Zamboni, E. Zoico, T. Scartezzini Body composition changes in stable-weight elderly subjects: the effect of sex Aging Clin Exp Res 15 2003 321 327
7. D. Gallagher, E. Ruts, M. Visser Weight stability masks sarcopenia in elderly men and women Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 279 2000 E366 E375
8. F. Lauretani, C.R. Russo, S. Bandinelli Age-associated changes in skeletal muscles and their effect on mobility: an operational diagnosis of sarcopenia J Appl Physiol 95 2003 1851 1860
9. E.M. Castillo, D. Goodman-Gruen, D. Kritz-Silverstein Sarcopenia in elderly men and women: the Rancho Bernardo study Am J Prev Med 25 2003 226 231
10. M. Iannuzzi-Sucich, K.M. Prestwood, A.M. Kenny Prevalence of sarcopenia and predictors of skeletal muscle mass in healthy, older men and women J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 57 2002 M772 M777
11. L.J. Melton 3rd, S. Khosla, B.L. Riggs Epidemiology of sarcopenia Mayo Clin Proc 75 Suppl 2000 S10 S12 discussion S12-S13
12. I. Janssen, S.B. Heymsfield, R. Ross Low relative skeletal muscle mass (sarcopenia) in older persons is associated with functional impairment and physical disability J Am Geriatr Soc 50 2002 889 896
13. S. Kirchengast, J. Huber Gender and age differences in lean soft tissue mass and sarcopenia among healthy elderly Anthropol Anz 67 2009 139 151
14. J.M. Friedmann, T. Elasy, G.L. Jensen The relationship between body mass index and self-reported functional limitation among older adults: a gender difference J Am Geriatr Soc 49 2001 398 403
15. M. Visser, J. Langlois, J.M. Guralnik High body fatness, but not low fat-free mass, predicts disability in older men and women: the Cardiovascular Health Study Am J Clin Nutr 68 1998 584 590
16. H.B. Hubert, D.A. Bloch, J.F. Fries Risk factors for physical disability in an aging cohort: the NHANES I Epidemiologic Followup Study J Rheumatol 20 1993 480 488
17. A.N. Galanos, C.F. Pieper, J.C. Cornoni-Huntley Nutrition and function: is there a relationship between body mass index and the functional capabilities of community-dwelling elderly? J Am Geriatr Soc 42 1994 368 373
18. L.J. Launer, T. Harris, C. Rumpel, J. Madans Body mass index, weight change, and risk of mobility disability in middle-aged and older women The epidemiologic follow-up study of NHANES I JAMA 271 1994 1093 1098
19. M. Visser, S.B. Kritchevsky, B.H. Goodpaster Leg muscle mass and composition in relation to lower extremity performance in men and women aged 70 to 79: the health, aging and body composition study J Am Geriatr Soc 50 2002 897 904
20. G. Duque, G.A. Kuchel Moving beyond static body composition paradigms to assessments of change, plasticity, and function J Am Geriatr Soc 58 2010 377 379
21. J.O. Judge, A. Kleppinger, A. Kenny Home-based resistance training improves femoral bone mineral density in women on hormone therapy Osteoporos Int 16 2005 1096 1108
22. A.M. Kenny, R.S. Boxer, A. Kleppinger Dehydroepiandrosterone combined with exercise improves muscle strength and physical function in frail older women J Am Geriatr Soc 58 2010 1707 1714
23. A.M. Kenny, A. Kleppinger, K. Annis Effects of transdermal testosterone on bone and muscle in older men with low bioavailable testosterone, low bone mass and physical frailty J Am Geriatr Soc 58 2010 1134 1143
24. A.M. Kenny, A. Kleppinger, Y. Wang, K.M. Prestwood Effects of ultra-low-dose estrogen therapy on muscle and physical function in older women J Am Geriatr Soc 53 2005 1973 1977
25. A.M. Kenny, J. Smith, E. Noteroglu Osteoporosis risk in frail older adults in assisted living J Am Geriatr Soc 57 2009 76 81
26. M.A. Fiatarone, E.F. O'Neill, N.D. Ryan Exercise training and nutritional supplementation for physical frailty in very elderly people N Engl J Med 330 1994 1769 1775
27. D.R. Earles, J.O. Judge, O.T. Gunnarsson Velocity training induces power-specific adaptations in highly functioning older adults Arch Phys Med Rehabil 82 2001 872 878
28. J.O. Judge, C. Lindsey, M. Underwood, D. Winsemius Balance improvements in older women: effects of exercise training Phys Ther 73 1993 254 262 discussion 263-255
29. J.M. Guralnik, E.M. Simonsick, L. Ferrucci A short physical performance battery assessing lower extremity function: association with self-reported disability and prediction of mortality and nursing home admission J Gerontol 49 1994 M85 M94
30. W.R. Shadish, T.D. Cook, D.T. Campbell Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Casual Inference 2002 Houghton Mifflin Boston, MA
31. W.R. Frontera, V.A. Hughes, K.J. Lutz, W.J. Evans A cross-sectional study of muscle strength and mass in 45- to 78-yr-old men and women J Appl Physiol 71 1991 644 650
32. A. Koster, M. Visser, E.M. Simonsick Association between fitness and changes in body composition and muscle strength J Am Geriatr Soc 58 2010 219 226
33. C.E. Lebrun, Y.T. van der Schouw, F.H. de Jong Fat mass rather than muscle strength is the major determinant of physical function and disability in postmenopausal women younger than 75 years of age Menopause 13 2006 474 481
34. M. Zamboni, E. Turcato, H. Santana The relationship between body composition and physical performance in older women J Am Geriatr Soc 47 1999 1403 1408
35. M. Estrada, A. Kleppinger, J.O. Judge Functional impact of relative versus absolute sarcopenia in healthy older women J Am Geriatr Soc 55 2007 1712 1719
36. M. Visser, D.J. Deeg, P. Lips Skeletal muscle mass and muscle strength in relation to lower-extremity performance in older men and women J Am Geriatr Soc 48 2000 381 386
37. K.F. Reid, E.N. Naumova, R.J. Carabello Lower extremity muscle mass predicts functional performance in mobility-limited elders J Nutr Health Aging 12 2008 493 498