{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Botoseneanu A"],"funding":["University of Michigan","Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research","NCATS NIH HHS","NIA NIH HHS","National Institute on Aging"],"pagination":["1056-62"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4945890"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["71(8)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Despite documented age-related declines in self-reported functional status and measured physical capacity, it is unclear whether these functional indicators follow similar trajectories over time or whether the patterns of change differ by sex.<h4>Methods</h4>We used longitudinal data from 687 initially nondisabled adults, aged 70 or older, from the Precipitating Events Project, who were evaluated every 18 months for nearly 14 years. Self-reported disability was assessed with a 12-item disability scale. Physical capacity was measured using grip strength and a modified version of Short Physical Performance Battery. Hierarchical linear models estimated the intra-individual trajectory of each functional indicator and differences in trajectories' intercept and slope by sex.<h"],"journal":["The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences"],"pubmed_title":["Sex Differences in Concomitant Trajectories of Self-Reported Disability and Measured Physical Capacity in Older Adults."],"pmcid":["PMC4945890"],"funding_grant_id":["T32 AG019134","AG-024824","P30 AG021342","UL1TR000433","UL1 TR001863","R01 AG017560","P30 AG024824","K07 AG043587","R37AG17560"],"pubmed_authors":["Allore HG","Botoseneanu A","Mendes de Leon CF","Gill TM","Gahbauer EA"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Sex Differences in Concomitant Trajectories of Self-Reported Disability and Measured Physical Capacity in Older Adults.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Despite documented age-related declines in self-reported functional status and measured physical capacity, it is unclear whether these functional indicators follow similar trajectories over time or whether the patterns of change differ by sex.<h4>Methods</h4>We used longitudinal data from 687 initially nondisabled adults, aged 70 or older, from the Precipitating Events Project, who were evaluated every 18 months for nearly 14 years. Self-reported disability was assessed with a 12-item disability scale. Physical capacity was measured using grip strength and a modified version of Short Physical Performance Battery. Hierarchical linear models estimated the intra-individual trajectory of each functional indicator and differences in trajectories' intercept and slope by sex.<h","dates":{"release":"2016-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2016 Aug","modification":"2025-04-25T22:35:23.684Z","creation":"2019-03-27T02:18:25Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4945890","cross_references":{"pubmed":["27071781"],"doi":["10.1093/gerona/glw038"]}}