Physical activity and injurious falls in older Australian women: adjusted associations and modification by physical function limitation and frailty in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate associations between leisure-time physical activity (LPA) and injurious falls in older women and explore modification of associations by physical function and frailty.

Methods

Women born during 1946-51 from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, injurious falls (self-reported fall with injury and/or medical attention) and self-reported weekly LPA (duration and type). We undertook cross-sectional and prospective analyses using data from 2016 [n = 8,171, mean (SD) age 68 (1)] and 2019 surveys (n = 7,057). Associations were quantified using directed acyclic graph-informed logistic regression and effect modification examined using product terms.

Results

Participation in LPA as recommended by World Health Organization (150-300 min/we

SUBMITTER: Kwok WS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10312133 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature