Aortic calcification is associated with five-year decline in handgrip strength in older women
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Calcified Tissue International
ISSN
1432-0827
Volume
103
Issue
6
First Page
589
Last Page
598
PubMed ID
30039226
Publisher
Springer Verlag
School
School of Medical and Health Sciences
RAS ID
27234
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
DOI
10.1007/s00223-018-0458-5
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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