Functional mobility and 10-year all-cause and cause-specific mortality in older people from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A better understanding of performance in functional mobility tasks related to the mortality patterns for the different causes of death for the Brazilian older population is still a challenge.

Objective

To analyze if gait speed and chair stand test performance are associated with mortality in older adults, and if the overall mobility status changes the effect of other mortality risk factors.

Methods

The data were from SABE (Health, Well-being and Aging Study), a multiple-cohort study conducted in São Paulo, Brazil, with a representative sample of people aged 60 and more. Cox regression models were used to analyze 10-year all-cause and cause-specific mortality with consideration for gait speed and the chair stand test.

Results

Of the 1411 participants,

SUBMITTER: Nascimento CFD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9379516 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature