ArticleMedicine and science in sports and exercise2017
The Effect of a Healthy Lifestyle on Future Physical Functioning in Midlife Women.
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- Factors Influencing Longitudinal Stair Climb Performance from Midlife to Early Late Life: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation Chicago and Michigan Sites.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2019Article
- Healthy Lifestyle During the Midlife Is Prospectively Associated With Less Subclinical Carotid Atherosclerosis: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2018Article
- Physical Activity and Physical Function: Moving and Aging.Obstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America · 2018Review
- Long-term leisure-time physical activity and other health habits as predictors of objectively monitored late-life physical activity - A 40-year twin study.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Physical activity trajectories during midlife and subsequent risk of physical functioning decline in late mid-life: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN).Preventive medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study aimed to examine the prospective association between healthy lifestyle behaviors and objectively measured physical function in midlife women.
methodsParticipants included 1769 racially/ethnically diverse women, ages 56-68 yr, from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation cohort. Physical function was assessed at the 13th follow-up visit with the Short Physical Performance Battery (4-m walk, repeated chair stands, and balance test) and grip strength. A healthy lifestyle score (HLS), which ranged from 0 to 6, was calculated by averaging as many as three repeated measures of self-reported smoking, physical activity, and diet, all assessed before the 13th follow-up. Multivariable linear and logistic regressions modeled each component of physical performance as a function of HLS and, in separate models, of each lifestyle behavior, adjusted for the other behaviors.
resultsIn multivariable analyses, the time for the 4-m walk was 0.06 s faster (P = 0.001) for every 1 point increase in the HLS. The time for the repeated chair stands was significantly shorter by approximately 0.20 s. Neither grip strength nor balance problems were significantly associated with the HLS (P = 0.28 and P = 0.19, respectively). The model examining the individual health behaviors showed that only physical activity was significantly associated with physical performance.
conclusionRegular physical activity in early midlife has the potential to reduce the likelihood of physical functional limitations later in midlife.
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