Body composition as a predictor of physical performance in older age: A ten-year follow-up of the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study assessed how different measures of body composition predict physical performance ten years later among older adults.

Methods

The participants were 1076 men and women aged 57 to 70 years. Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and body composition (bioelectrical impedance analysis) were measured at baseline and physical performance (Senior Fitness Test) ten years later. Linear regression analyses were adjusted for age, education, smoking, duration of the follow-up and physical activity.

Results

Greater BMI, waist circumference, fat mass, and percent body fat were associated with poorer physical performance in both sexes (standardized regression coefficient [β] from -0.32 to -0.40, p < 0.001). Lean mass to BMI ratio was positively associated w

SUBMITTER: Mikkola TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5994345 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul - Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature