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Incident fall risk and physical activity and physical performance among older men : The osteoporotic fractures in men study

American journal of epidemiology, 2007-03, Vol.165 (6), p.696-703 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2007 INIST-CNRS ;Copyright Oxford University Press(England) Mar 15, 2007 ;ISSN: 0002-9262 ;EISSN: 1476-6256 ;DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwk050 ;PMID: 17194749 ;CODEN: AJEPAS

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Title:
Incident fall risk and physical activity and physical performance among older men : The osteoporotic fractures in men study
Author: CHAN, Benjamin K. S ; MARSHALL, Lynn M ; WINTERS, Kerri M ; FAULKNER, Kimberly A ; SCHWARTZ, Ann V ; ORWOLL, Eric S
Subjects: Accidental Falls - prevention & control ; Accidental Falls - statistics & numerical data ; Activities of Daily Living ; Aged ; Analysis. Health state ; Anthropometry ; Biological and medical sciences ; Diseases of the osteoarticular system ; Epidemiology ; Falls ; Follow-Up Studies ; Fractures ; Fractures, Bone - epidemiology ; Fractures, Bone - etiology ; General aspects ; Geriatric Assessment ; Hand Strength ; Humans ; Incidence ; Leg - physiopathology ; Leisure Activities ; Linear Models ; Logistic Models ; Male ; Medical sciences ; Men ; Motor Activity ; Multivariate Analysis ; Muscle Weakness - complications ; Muscle Weakness - physiopathology ; Older people ; Osteoporosis - complications ; Osteoporosis - epidemiology ; Osteoporosis. Osteomalacia. Paget disease ; Physical fitness ; Public health. Hygiene ; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine ; Risk Assessment ; Risk Factors ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; United States - epidemiology
Is Part Of: American journal of epidemiology, 2007-03, Vol.165 (6), p.696-703
Description: Physical activity and physical performance have been linked to fall risk in the elderly. The authors examined the relation between physical activity and physical performance with incident falls in the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study, a large prospective cohort study of 5,995 community-dwelling men in the United States at least 65 years of age. The authors also examined what types of activities are associated with falling. Incident falls between 2000 and 2005 were captured from up to 17 triannual follow-up questionnaires per participant and analyzed with generalized estimating equations. Follow-up averaged 4.5 years. The average risk of falling in the first 4 months of follow-up was 6.6%. The most active quartile had a significantly greater fall risk than did the least active quartile (relative risk = 1.18, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.07, 1.29). Men with greater leg power and grip strength had significantly reduced fall risk (for highest leg power quartile vs. lowest: relative risk = 0.82, 95% CI: 0.73, 0.92; for highest grip strength quartile vs. lowest: relative risk = 0.76, 95% CI: 0.69, 0.85). Partitioning components of activity showed no association between fall risk and leisure activities but a positive association with household activities (for highest quartile vs.lowest: relative risk = 1.17, 95% CI: 1.07, 1.28).
Publisher: Cary, NC: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0002-9262
EISSN: 1476-6256
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwk050
PMID: 17194749
CODEN: AJEPAS
Source: GFMER Free Medical Journals
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Incident fall risk and physical activity and physical performance among older men : The osteoporotic fractures in men study

2007 INIST-CNRS ;Copyright Oxford University Press(England) Mar 15, 2007 ;ISSN: 0002-9262 ;EISSN: 1476-6256 ;DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwk050 ;PMID: 17194749 ;CODEN: AJEPAS

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