Objective measurements of daily physical activity patterns and sedentary behaviour in older adults: Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 222-229

  Arnardottir, Nanna Yr ^a,b   Koster, Annemarie ^c,d   Domelen, Dane Van ^c   Brychta, Robert ^e   Caserotti, Paolo ^c,f   Eiriksdottir, Gudny ^b   Sverrisdottir, Johanna Eyrun ^b   Launer, Lenore ^c   Gudnason, Vilmundur ^a,b   Johannsson, Erlingur ^a   Harris, Tamara ^c   Chen, Kong ^e   Sveinsson, Thorarinn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION   (Iceland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; AGES Reykjavik; BMI; Older adults; Older people; Physical activity; Sedentary behaviour

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACCELEROMETRY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DAY OF WEEK EFFECT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; ICELAND; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOW LIGHT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; MALE; MODERATE VIGOROUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PATTERN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING;

ACTIGRAPHY; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; ICELAND; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX FACTORS; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84874535027     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs160     Document Type: Article

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