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| Risk due to inactivity in physically capable older adults | | Author(s) | Eleanor M Simonsick, Mary E Lafferty, Caroline L Phillips |
| Journal title | American Journal of Public Health, vol 83, no 10, October 1993 |
| Pages | pp 1443-1450 |
| Keywords | Inactivity ; At risk ; Mobility ; Exercise ; Mental health [elderly] ; Death ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The association between recreational physical activity among physically capable older adults, and functional status, incidence of selected chronic conditions, and mortality over 3 and 6 years is examined. Data from the sites of the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE) - East Boston, Massachusetts, New Haven, Connecticut, and Iowa - are used. A high level of recreational physical activity reduced the likelihood of mortality over both 3 and 6 years. Moderate to high activity reduced the risk of physical impairments over 3 years. This effect diminishes after 6 years. A consistent relationship between activity and new myocardial infarction or stroke or the incidence of angina or diabetes was not found after 3 or 6 years. Findings suggest that physical activity offers benefits to physically capable older adults, primarily in reducing the risk of functional decline and mortality. Future work must use more objective and quantifiable measures of activity to assess changes in activity levels over time. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991207201 A |
| Classmark | C5: CA3: C4: CEA: D: CW: 3J: 7T * |
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