ArticleArchives of gerontology and geriatrics
Body composition as a predictor of physical performance in older age: A ten-year follow-up of the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study.
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- Physical Activity Determinants in Older German Adults at Increased Dementia Risk with Multimorbidity: Baseline Results of the AgeWell.de Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Why should sarcopenic obesity be included in a routine assessment during weight-management programmes?Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
- Exploring the relationships between anthropometric indices of adiposity and physical performance in middle-aged and older Brazilian women: a canonical correlation analysis.Epidemiology and health · 2022Article
- Body composition and changes in health-related quality of life in older age: a 10-year follow-up of the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Association of Physical Fitness Performance Tests and Anthropometric Indices in Taiwanese Adults.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
- Relationship between patient-based scoring systems and the activity level of patients measured by wearable activity trackers in lumbar spine disease.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2019Article
- Frailty and Sarcopenia in Older Patients Receiving Kidney Transplantation.Frontiers in nutrition · 2019Review
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backgroundThis study assessed how different measures of body composition predict physical performance ten years later among older adults.
methodsThe participants were 1076 men and women aged 57 to 70 years. Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and body composition (bioelectrical impedance analysis) were measured at baseline and physical performance (Senior Fitness Test) ten years later. Linear regression analyses were adjusted for age, education, smoking, duration of the follow-up and physical activity.
resultsGreater BMI, waist circumference, fat mass, and percent body fat were associated with poorer physical performance in both sexes (standardized regression coefficient [β] from -0.32 to -0.40, p < 0.001). Lean mass to BMI ratio was positively associated with later physical performance (β = 0.31 in men, β = 0.30 in women, p < 0.001). Fat-free mass index (lean mass/height
conclusionsAmong older adults, higher measures of adiposity predicted poorer physical performance ten years later whereas lean mass was associated with physical performance in a counterintuitive manner. The results can be used when appraising usefulness of body composition indicators for definition of sarcopenic obesity.
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