Healthy Behaviors Associated with Changes in Mental and Physical Strength in Urban African American and White Adults.

ABSTRACT: Over time, adherence to healthy behaviors may improve physical and mental strength which is essential for successful aging. A plausible mechanism is the reduction of inflammation. Research on the association of risky health behaviors on change in strength with age is limited. This study examined changes in the inflammatory potential of the diet, smoking, illicit drug use with changes in strength in a racially and socioeconomically diverse adult sample from the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity Across the Life Span study. The dietary inflammatory index (DII) was calculated from 35 food components derived from multiple 24-h dietary recalls. Strength was evaluated by handgrip strength (HGS), SF-12 PCS and SF-12 MCS (physical and mental component scores). Repeated measures analyses w

SUBMITTER: Kuczmarski MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8226642 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature