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ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2022

The Relationships of Fibrinogen and C-Reactive Protein With Gait Performance: A 20-Year Longitudinal Study.

Zohar Heumann, Iaroslav Youssim, Rachel Kizony, Yechiel Friedlander, Tamar Shochat, Ram Weiss, Hagit Hochner, Maayan Agmon

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Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Zohar HeumannSchool of Nursing, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Iaroslav YoussimBraun School of Public Health, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Rachel KizonyDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Yechiel FriedlanderBraun School of Public Health, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Tamar ShochatSchool of Nursing, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Ram WeissDepartment of Pediatrics, Ruth Children's Hospital, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
Hagit HochnerBraun School of Public Health, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Maayan AgmonSchool of Nursing, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem · ILUniversity of Haifa · ILRambam Health Care Campus · ILSheba Medical Center · IL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Gait speed, a central marker of aging, has been linked to various health outcomes, such as cognitive and physical functions in middle-aged adults. Although long-term systemic low-grade inflammation is considered a mechanism underlying a variety of aging-related risk factors, the longitudinal associations between inflammation markers and gait speed are yet to be fully investigated. Objective: To explore the associations of CRP and fibrinogen levels, measured two decades ago, with gait speed among community dwelling adults, considering the contribution of cardio-metabolic factors and cognition. Methods: Study participants took part in two phases of the of the "Kibbutzim Family Study" (i.e., Phase II, 1999-2000 and Phase III, 2017-2019). Blood samples collected in Phase II (baseline) were used to determine level of inflammatory markers. Gait speed was assessed under single-task (ST) and dual-task (DT) conditions in Phase III. Demographic, anthropometric and clinical data were collected in both phases. Linear regression models were used to assess the adjusted associations of inflammation and gait speed. Results: A total of 373 individuals aged 34-99 (mean 64 ± 13 years) in Phase III were included in the study. Gait speed under ST was negatively associated with baseline levels of fibrinogen ( Conclusion: Our findings demonstrate that in a sample including younger to older adults, higher systemic inflammatory activity was linked with gait 20 years later, beyond age and cardiometabolic health, and to a certain extent, beyond executive functions. Thus, systemic inflammation may serve as an early marker to identify individuals at risk for gait decline.

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cognitionC-reactive proteindual-taskexecutive functionsfibrinogengait speedinflammaginginflammation

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