Article
Association of cardiovascular burden with mobility limitation among elderly people: a population-based study.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Welmer Anna-Karin, Angleman Sara, Rydwik Elisabeth, Fratiglioni Laura, Qiu Chengxuan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular risk factors (CRFs) such as smoking and diabetes have been associated with mobility limitations among older adults. We seek to examine to what extent individual and aggregated CRFs and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are associated with mobility limitation. METHODS: The study sample included 2725 participants (age ≥60 years, mean age 72.7 years, 62% women) in the Swedish National Study...
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