Gender differences in the association between grip strength and mortality in older adults: results from the KORA-age study

BACKGROUND: Reduced muscular strength in the old age is strongly related to activity impairment and mortality. However, studies evaluating the gender-specific association between muscularity and mortality among older adults are lacking. Thus, the objective of the present study was to examine gender...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Arvandi, Marjan, Strasser, Barbara, Meisinger, Christa, Volaklis, Konstantinos, Gothe, Raffaella Matteucci, Siebert, Uwe, Ladwig, Karl-Heinz, Grill, Eva, Horsch, Alexander, Laxy, Michael, Peters, Annette, Thorand, Barbara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5131446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27903239
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0381-4

Ejemplares similares

Ejemplares similares