Association between C-reactive protein and physical performance in older populations: Results from the International Mobility in Aging Study (IMIAS)

Age and Ageing

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 274-280

  Sousa, Ana Carolina Patrício Albuquerque ^a   Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria ^b   Li, Annie ^b   Phillips, Susan P ^c   Guralnik, Jack M ^d   Guerra, Ricardo Oliveira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Inflammation; Muscle strength; Older people; Physical function

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; AUTACOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CANADA; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SHORT PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE BATTERY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDING; WALKING SPEED; AGE; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; FITNESS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BIOMARKERS; BRAZIL; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CANADA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84960960658     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afv202     Document Type: Article

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