Ambulatory Function and Mortality among Cancer Survivors in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is limited evidence describing associations between cancer and function in diverse cancer types and its relationship with mortality. We investigated the relationship between cancer and poor ambulatory function and associations between ambulatory function and subsequent mortality.

Methods

Participants included 233,135 adults (n = 30,403 cancer and n = 202,732 cancer free) in the NIH-American Association of Retired Persons Diet and Health Study (1994-1996) who self-reported ambulatory function (e.g., walking pace and mobility disability: being unable to walk or walking at the slowest pace) in 2004-2006. Participants were followed for mortality from the assessment of ambulatory function through 2011. Multinomial logistic regression quantified the

SUBMITTER: Salerno EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8300589 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature