{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["McGrath R"],"funding":["NIA NIH HHS"],"pagination":["473-482"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10171085"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["89(2)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Older adults with a cognitive impairment, including those not yet diagnosed, may have deficits in their physical function.<h4>Objective</h4>We sought to determine the associations of cognitive impairment consistent with dementia (CICD) diagnosis status on handgrip strength, gait speed, and functional disability in older adults.<h4>Methods</h4>The analytical sample included 8,383 adults aged ≥65-years without history of stroke, cancers, neurological conditions, or brain damage who participated in at least one-wave of the 2010-2016 waves of the Health and Retirement Study. A handgrip dynamometer measured handgrip strength. Men with handgrip strength &lt;26 kg and women &lt;16 kg were weak. Gait speed was timed across a 2.5-m course and those with slowness had gait speed &l"],"journal":["Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD"],"pubmed_title":["Undiagnosed Dementia Is Associated with Poor Physical Function in Older Adults."],"pmcid":["PMC10171085"],"funding_grant_id":["U01 AG009740","K01 AG065420"],"pubmed_authors":["Robinson-Lane SG","McCourt ME","Hamm JM","Klawitter L","Parker K","Rhee Y","Hackney KJ","McGrath R"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Undiagnosed Dementia Is Associated with Poor Physical Function in Older Adults.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Older adults with a cognitive impairment, including those not yet diagnosed, may have deficits in their physical function.<h4>Objective</h4>We sought to determine the associations of cognitive impairment consistent with dementia (CICD) diagnosis status on handgrip strength, gait speed, and functional disability in older adults.<h4>Methods</h4>The analytical sample included 8,383 adults aged ≥65-years without history of stroke, cancers, neurological conditions, or brain damage who participated in at least one-wave of the 2010-2016 waves of the Health and Retirement Study. A handgrip dynamometer measured handgrip strength. Men with handgrip strength &lt;26 kg and women &lt;16 kg were weak. Gait speed was timed across a 2.5-m course and those with slowness had gait speed &l","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022","modification":"2025-04-05T16:14:10.997Z","creation":"2025-04-05T16:14:10.997Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10171085","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35912741"],"doi":["10.3233/jad-220257","10.3233/JAD-220257"]}}