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Strength, physical activity, and body mass index
— relationship to performance-based measures and activities of daily living among older Japanese women in Hawaii | | Author(s) | James W Davis, Philip D Ross, Steven D Preston |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 46, no 3, March 1998 |
| Pages | pp 274-279 |
| Keywords | Physical capacity ; Tissues ; Weight ; Asian people ; Older women ; Performance ; Correlation ; Japan ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Remaining strong, lean and physically active may contribute to successful ageing, both by maintaining function and by enabling more independent living. The study investigated this hypothesis among a long-lived population of community-dwelling older Japanese women (age range 55-93). Results indicate that one or more of the strength tests undertaken was associated positively with six out of seven performance-based measures. Physical activity was independently, and positively associated with the most complex of the tests, the Get Up and Go test. Body mass index (BMI) was negatively associated with 5 of the 7 performance tests. Physical activity was positively associated with five, and BMI was negatively associated with six activities of daily living (ADLs). Results suggest that remaining strong, lean and physically active provided wide-ranging benefits for this population of older Japanese women living in Hawaii. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980821001 A |
| Classmark | BI: BKT: 4X6: TKK: BD: 5H: 49: 7DT: 7T |
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