Men benefit more from midlife leisure-time physical activity than women regarding the development of late-life disability - Results of the KORA-age study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 8-13

  Strobl, Ralf ^a   Müller, Martin ^a   Thorand, Barbara ^b   Linkohr, Birgit ^b   Autenrieth, Christine S ^b,c,d   Peters, Annette ^b   Grill, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aged; Aged 80 and over; Disability evaluation; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LATE LIFE; LEISURE; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDLIFE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; GERMANY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84894225072     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.01.017     Document Type: Article

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