Fitness but not weight status is associated with projected physical independence in older adults

Age

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Sardinha, Luis B ^a   Cyrino, Edilson S ^b   Santos, Leandro dos ^b   Ekelund, Ulf ^c,d   Santos, Diana A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adiposity; BMI; Physical fitness; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL INDEPENDENCE; PORTUGUESE (CITIZEN); WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADIPOSITY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PORTUGAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84966397541     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-016-9911-4     Document Type: Article

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