Physical capability in mid-life and survival over 13 years of follow-up: British birth cohort study

Objectives To examine associations between three commonly used objective measures of physical capability assessed at age 53 and a composite score of these measures and all cause mortality; to investigate whether being unable to perform these tests is associated with mortality.

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Main Authors: Cooper, Rachel, Strand, Bjørn Heine, Hardy, Rebecca, Patel, Kushang V, Kuh, Diana
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4004787/
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spelling pubmed-40047872014-05-07 Physical capability in mid-life and survival over 13 years of follow-up: British birth cohort study Cooper, Rachel Strand, Bjørn Heine Hardy, Rebecca Patel, Kushang V Kuh, Diana Research Objectives To examine associations between three commonly used objective measures of physical capability assessed at age 53 and a composite score of these measures and all cause mortality; to investigate whether being unable to perform these tests is associated with mortality. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. 2014-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4004787/ /pubmed/24787359 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g2219 Text en © Cooper et al 2014 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 3.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.
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author Cooper, Rachel
Strand, Bjørn Heine
Hardy, Rebecca
Patel, Kushang V
Kuh, Diana
spellingShingle Cooper, Rachel
Strand, Bjørn Heine
Hardy, Rebecca
Patel, Kushang V
Kuh, Diana
Physical capability in mid-life and survival over 13 years of follow-up: British birth cohort study
author_facet Cooper, Rachel
Strand, Bjørn Heine
Hardy, Rebecca
Patel, Kushang V
Kuh, Diana
author_sort Cooper, Rachel
title Physical capability in mid-life and survival over 13 years of follow-up: British birth cohort study
title_short Physical capability in mid-life and survival over 13 years of follow-up: British birth cohort study
title_full Physical capability in mid-life and survival over 13 years of follow-up: British birth cohort study
title_fullStr Physical capability in mid-life and survival over 13 years of follow-up: British birth cohort study
title_full_unstemmed Physical capability in mid-life and survival over 13 years of follow-up: British birth cohort study
title_sort physical capability in mid-life and survival over 13 years of follow-up: british birth cohort study
description Objectives To examine associations between three commonly used objective measures of physical capability assessed at age 53 and a composite score of these measures and all cause mortality; to investigate whether being unable to perform these tests is associated with mortality.
publisher BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
publishDate 2014
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4004787/
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