Objectively assessed physical activity and lower limb function and prospective associations with mortality and newly diagnosed disease in UK older adults: An OPAL four-year follow-up study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 261-268

  Fox, Kenneth R ^a   Ku, Po Wen ^b   Hillsdon, Melvyn ^c   Davis, Mark G ^a   Simmonds, Bethany A J ^a   Thompson, Janice L ^d   Stathi, Afroditi ^e   Gray, Selena F ^f   Sharp, Deborah J ^a   Coulson, Joanne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mortality; Newly diagnosed disease; Older adults; Physical activity; Physical function

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY OF TRIPS FROM HOME; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE AND RELATED PHENOMENA; LOWER LIMB FUNCTION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MODERATE TO VIGOROUS ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; NEWLY DIAGNOSED DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEDENTARY TIME; SELF REPORT; SHORT PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE BATTERY; SUBURBAN AREA; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; ACTIMETRY; AGE; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASES; ENGLAND; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; INNERVATION; LOWER LIMB; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TIME FACTOR;

ACTIGRAPHY; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DISEASE; ENGLAND; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84925302290     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afu168     Document Type: Article

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