Aortic calcification is associated with five-year decline in handgrip strength in older women

Authors/Creators

Alexander J Rodríguez
Joshua Lewis, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
David S Scott
Douglas P Kiel
John T Schousboe
Peter R Ebeling
Richard L Prince

Abstract

The objective of the study was to determine the association between AAC and neuromuscular function over 5 years. Participants in this study were ambulant women over 70 years old residing in Perth, Western Australia who participated in the Calcium Intake Fracture Outcomes Study, a randomised controlled trial of calcium supplementation. 1046 women (mean age = 74.9 ± 2.6 years; BMI = 27.1 ± 4.4 kg/m

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

12-1-2018

ISSN

1432-0827

Volume

103

Issue

6

PubMed ID

30039226

Publication Title

Calcified Tissue International

Publisher

Springer Verlag

School

School of Medical and Health Sciences

RAS ID

27234

Comments

Rodríguez, A. J., Lewis, J. R., Scott, D. S., Kiel, D. P., Schousboe, J. T., Ebeling, P. R., & Prince, R. L. (2018). Aortic Calcification is Associated with Five-Year Decline in Handgrip Strength in Older Women. Calcified tissue international, 103(6), 589-598. Available here

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First Page

589

Last Page

598