Physical capability in mid-life and survival over 13 years of follow-up: British birth cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Cooper, Rachel ^a   Strand, Bjørn Heine ^b   Hardy, Rebecca ^a   V Patel, Kushang ^c   Kuh, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY SIZE; CHAIR RISE SPEED; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDING BALANCE TIME; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 84899622434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g2219     Document Type: Article

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