Authors
Amelia Guadalupe-Grau, José A Carnicero, Alba Gómez-Cabello, Gonzalo Gutiérrez Avila, Sonia Humanes, Luis M Alegre, Marta Castro, Leocadio Rodríguez-Mañas, Francisco José García-García
Publication date
2015/9/1
Journal
Age and ageing
Volume
44
Issue
5
Pages
790-795
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Description
Background: the association between muscular strength, mortality and hospitalisation with ageing can change depending on sex and the body region analysed (e.g. upper and lower limb muscles).
Objective: to determine the effect of measuring lower and upper extremities muscular strength on the relationship between strength, mortality and hospitalisation risk in elder men and women.
Design: a population-based cohort study using data from the Toledo Study for Healthy Aging (TSHA).
Methods: a Spanish population sample of 1,755 elders aged ≥65 years participated in this study. Upper (handgrip and shoulder) and lower limbs (knee and hip) maximal voluntary isometric strength was obtained using standardised techniques and equipment. Cox proportional hazards model was used to examine mortality and hospitalisation over 5.5 and 3 years of follow-up, respectively …
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