Developmental factors associated with decline in grip strength from midlife to old age: a British birth cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To test whether developmental factors are associated with grip strength trajectories between 53 and 69 years, and operate independently or on the same pathway/s as adult factors.

Design

British birth cohort study.

Setting

England, Scotland and Wales.

Participants

3058 men and women.

Main outcome measures

Grip strength (kg) at ages 53, 60-64 and 69 were analysed using multilevel models to estimate associations with developmental factors (birth weight, growth parameters, motor and cognitive development) and father's social class, and investigate adult factors that could explain observed associations, testing for age and sex interactions.

Results

In men, heavier birth weight, beginning to walk 'on time', later puberty and greater weight 0-

SUBMITTER: Kuh D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6528009 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature