Leisure-Time Physical Activity in Midlife Is Related to Old Age Frailty
: Savela SL, Koistinen P, Stenholm S, Tilvis RS, Strandberg AY, Pitkala KH, Salomaa VV, Strandberg TE
Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
: 2013
: Journals of Gerontology, Series A
: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES
: J GERONTOL A-BIOL
: 11
: 68
: 11
: 1433
: 1438
: 6
: 1079-5006
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glt029
Conclusions. In this socioeconomically homogenous male cohort, higher physical activity since midlife was strongly associated with less frailty in old age.