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ArticleThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2020

The impact of physical activity on healthy ageing trajectories: evidence from eight cohort studies.

Darío Moreno-Agostino, Christina Daskalopoulou, Yu-Tzu Wu, Artemis Koukounari, Josep Maria Haro, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Demosthenes B Panagiotakos, Martin Prince, A Matthew Prina

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Article in The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 100 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

100 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 181 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Darío Moreno-AgostinoDepartment of Health Service and Population Research, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, David Goldberg Centre, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK. dario.moreno@kcl.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-0459-657X
Christina DaskalopoulouDepartment of Health Service and Population Research, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, David Goldberg Centre, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
Yu-Tzu WuDepartment of Health Service and Population Research, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, David Goldberg Centre, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
Artemis KoukounariDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London, UK.
Josep Maria HaroParc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona. Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, Dr Antoni Pujades, 42, 08830, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
Stefanos TyrovolasParc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona. Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, Dr Antoni Pujades, 42, 08830, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
Demosthenes B PanagiotakosDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Science and Education, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece.
Martin PrinceDepartment of Health Service and Population Research, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, David Goldberg Centre, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
A Matthew PrinaDepartment of Health Service and Population Research, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, David Goldberg Centre, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
King's College London · GBInstituto de Salud Carlos III · ESHarokopio University of Athens · GRLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GB

Funding

HRS Yrs29-34: Y33 SSA CoFundingU01AG009740 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Jessica Faul, KENNETH M LANGA · 1990 to 2026
$555.8M
The Mexican Health and Aging Study - IIR01AG018016 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI Rebeca Wong · 1999 to 2026
$22.6M
DEVELOPING AN ISRAELI VERSION OF THE HRS/SHARE PROJECTR21AG025169 · NIA · HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM · PI LITWIN, HOWARD · 2004 to 2006
$297k
Medical Research Council MR/K021907/1NIA NIH HHS HHSN271201300071CNIA NIH HHS R01 AG018016NIA NIH HHS R21 AG025169NIA NIH HHS U01 AG009740
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundResearch has suggested the positive impact of physical activity on health and wellbeing in older age, yet few studies have investigated the associations between physical activity and heterogeneous trajectories of healthy ageing. We aimed to identify how physical activity can influence healthy ageing trajectories using a harmonised dataset of eight ageing cohorts across the world.

methodsBased on a harmonised dataset of eight ageing cohorts in Australia, USA, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, and Europe, comprising 130,521 older adults (M

resultsThree latent classes of healthy ageing trajectories were identified: two with stable trajectories with high (71.4%) or low (25.2%) starting points and one with a high starting point but a fast decline over time (3.4%). Engagement in any level of physical activity was associated with decreased odds of being in the low stable (OR: 0.18; 95% CI: 0.17, 0.19) and fast decline trajectories groups (OR: 0.44; 95% CI: 0.39, 0.50) compared to the high stable trajectory group. These results were replicated with alternative physical activity operationalisations, as well as in sensitivity analyses using reduced samples.

conclusionsOur findings suggest a positive impact of physical activity on healthy ageing, attenuating declines in health and functioning. Physical activity promotion should be a key focus of healthy ageing policies to prevent disability and fast deterioration in health.

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ExerciseHealthy AgingLife StyleAgedAustraliaCohort StudiesEuropeFemaleHumansJapanLatent Class AnalysisLogistic ModelsMaleMexicoMiddle AgedRepublic of KoreaData harmonisationGrowth mixture modellingHealth metricLifestyle behavioursPhysical activity

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