{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Cai Y"],"funding":["NIA NIH HHS","National Institutes of Health","NIH HHS"],"pagination":["2194-2203"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8599058"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["76(12)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Vision loss is associated with increased risk of falls and restricted physical activity, yet the relationship between multiple vision measures and objectively measured physical activity, especially activity patterns, in mid-to-late life is not well understood.<h4>Method</h4>This study included 603 participants aged 50 years and older (mean age = 73.5) in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging who had the following assessments: presenting and best-corrected visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, visual fields, stereo acuity, and free-living physical activity using a wrist-worn ActiGraph accelerometer for 7 days. Linear regression models were used to examine the association between vision measures and daily activity counts, active minutes, and activity fragmentation (defi"],"journal":["The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences"],"pubmed_title":["Visual Impairment and Objectively Measured Physical Activity in Middle-Aged and Older Adults."],"pmcid":["PMC8599058"],"funding_grant_id":["U01AG057545","P30 AG021334","P30AG059298","K01 AG052640","K01AG052640","R01 AG061786","U01 AG057545","R01AG061786","P30AG021334","P30 AG059298"],"pubmed_authors":["Simonsick EM","E JY","Agrawal Y","Ferrucci L","Wanigatunga AA","Urbanek JK","Cai Y","Schrack JA","Wang H","Swenor BK"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Visual Impairment and Objectively Measured Physical Activity in Middle-Aged and Older Adults.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Vision loss is associated with increased risk of falls and restricted physical activity, yet the relationship between multiple vision measures and objectively measured physical activity, especially activity patterns, in mid-to-late life is not well understood.<h4>Method</h4>This study included 603 participants aged 50 years and older (mean age = 73.5) in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging who had the following assessments: presenting and best-corrected visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, visual fields, stereo acuity, and free-living physical activity using a wrist-worn ActiGraph accelerometer for 7 days. Linear regression models were used to examine the association between vision measures and daily activity counts, active minutes, and activity fragmentation (defi","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Nov","modification":"2025-04-22T22:01:46.681Z","creation":"2025-04-06T03:56:47.6Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8599058","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33837407"],"doi":["10.1093/gerona/glab103"]}}