Body Mass Index, Muscle Strength and Physical Performance in Older Adults from Eight Cohort Studies: The HALCyon Programme

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Hardy, Rebecca ^a   Cooper, Rachel ^a   Aihie Sayer, Avan ^b   Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^c   Cooper, Cyrus ^b,d   Deary, Ian J ^e   Demakakos, Panayotes ^a   Gallacher, John ^f   Martin, Richard M ^c   McNeill, Geraldine ^g   Starr, John M ^e,h   Steptoe, Andrew ^a   Syddall, Holly ^b   Kuh, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^h WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 84874279236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056483     Document Type: Article

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