TY - JOUR
T1 - Three-Year Changes in Physical Activity and Decline in Physical Performance Over 9 Years of Follow-Up in Older Adults
T2 - The Invecchiare in Chianti Study
AU - Martinez-Gomez, David
AU - Bandinelli, Stefania
AU - Del-Panta, Vieri
AU - Patel, Kushang V.
AU - Guralnik, Jack M.
AU - Ferrucci, Luigi
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Objectives: To examine the associations between cumulative physical activity (PA) and its changes over 3 years and changes over 9 years of follow-up in physical performance in older adults. Design: Longitudinal. Setting: Community-based. Participants: Men and women aged 65 and older from the Invecchiare in Chianti study (N = 782). Measurements: Physical performance was assessed at baseline and at 3-, 6-, and 9-year follow-up using the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB). PA was assessed through an interviewer-administered questionnaire at baseline and 3-year follow-up. Analyses were adjusted for education, body mass index, smoking, alcohol intake, coronary heart disease, stroke, peripheral arterial disease, cancer, lung disease, lower extremity osteoarthritis, depression, and Mini-Mental State Examination. Results: Over 3 years of follow-up, 27.8% of participants were inactive, 52.2% were minimally active, and 20.0% were active, and the PA of 37.2% decreased, there was no change in PA of 50.1% and the PA of 12.7% increased. After adjustment for potential covariates, being mostly active (-1.08, 95% confidence interval (CI) = -1.43 to -0.73) and minimally active (-1.33, 95% CI = -1.53 to -1.12) over 3 years of follow-up was associated with less decline in SPPB score than being mostly inactive (-2.60, 95% CI = -2.92 to -2.27). When analyzing changes, increasing PA (-0.57, 95% CI = -1.01 to -0.12) was associated with less decline in SPPB score over 9 years than decreasing PA (-2.16, 95% CI = -2.42 to -1.89). Conclusion: Maintaining or increasing PA levels may attenuate age-associated physical performance decline.
AB - Objectives: To examine the associations between cumulative physical activity (PA) and its changes over 3 years and changes over 9 years of follow-up in physical performance in older adults. Design: Longitudinal. Setting: Community-based. Participants: Men and women aged 65 and older from the Invecchiare in Chianti study (N = 782). Measurements: Physical performance was assessed at baseline and at 3-, 6-, and 9-year follow-up using the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB). PA was assessed through an interviewer-administered questionnaire at baseline and 3-year follow-up. Analyses were adjusted for education, body mass index, smoking, alcohol intake, coronary heart disease, stroke, peripheral arterial disease, cancer, lung disease, lower extremity osteoarthritis, depression, and Mini-Mental State Examination. Results: Over 3 years of follow-up, 27.8% of participants were inactive, 52.2% were minimally active, and 20.0% were active, and the PA of 37.2% decreased, there was no change in PA of 50.1% and the PA of 12.7% increased. After adjustment for potential covariates, being mostly active (-1.08, 95% confidence interval (CI) = -1.43 to -0.73) and minimally active (-1.33, 95% CI = -1.53 to -1.12) over 3 years of follow-up was associated with less decline in SPPB score than being mostly inactive (-2.60, 95% CI = -2.92 to -2.27). When analyzing changes, increasing PA (-0.57, 95% CI = -1.01 to -0.12) was associated with less decline in SPPB score over 9 years than decreasing PA (-2.16, 95% CI = -2.42 to -1.89). Conclusion: Maintaining or increasing PA levels may attenuate age-associated physical performance decline.
KW - Aging
KW - Physical activity
KW - Physical performance
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U2 - 10.1111/jgs.14788
DO - 10.1111/jgs.14788
M3 - Article
C2 - 28248412
AN - SCOPUS:85014122232
SN - 0002-8614
JO - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
JF - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
ER -