Air Pollution and Performance-Based Physical Functioning in Dutch Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Functional limitations are a major cause for needing care and institutionalization among older adults. Exposure to air pollution has been suggested to be associated with increased functional limitations in older people.

Objective

Our objective was to assess the association between air pollution and physical functioning in Dutch older adults.

Methods

We analyzed data on performance-based (walking speed, ability to rise from a chair, putting on and taking off a cardigan, balance test) and self-reported physical functioning for 1,762 participants of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam, who participated in measurement cycles performed in 2005/2006, 2008/2009, and 2011/2012. Annual average outdoor air pollution concentrations [nitrogen dioxide (NO₂

SUBMITTER: de Zwart F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6014703 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature