Joint Association of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome With Incident Mobility Limitation in Older Men and Women-Results From the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study



: Stenholm S, Koster A, Alley DE, Houston DK, Kanaya A, Lee JS, Newman AB, Satterfield S, Simonsick EM, Visser M, Harris TB, Ferrucci L

Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC

: 2010

: Journals of Gerontology, Series A

: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES

: J GERONTOL A-BIOL

: 65

: 1

: 84

: 92

: 9

: 1079-5006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glp150


Obesity itself, independent of its metabolic consequences, is a risk factor for mobility limitation among obese older adults. In addition, having the MetS increases the risk of functional decline in older nonobese women but not in men.



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