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| Lower body functioning as a predictor of subsequent disability among older Mexican Americans | | Author(s) | Glenn V Ostir, Kyriakos S Markides, Sandra A Black |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological sciences and medical sciences, vol 53A, no 6, November 1998 |
| Pages | pp M491-M495 |
| Keywords | Mobility ; Physical disabilities ; Ethnic groups ; Mexico ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Disability measures among older non-Hispanic white populations have traditionally been associated with activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). More recently, performance-based measures have increasingly been used to predict the onset of disability in initially non-disabled older populations. Data from two waves (1993-94 and 1995-96) of the Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE) were used, to assess the degree with which lower mobility performance measures predict future disability in a representative sample of older Mexican Americans from the south-western US. Performances on an 8-foot walk, repeated chair stands, and standing balance among non-disabled subjects at baseline were significantly associated with the onset of ADL and lower body disability 2 years later, controlling for age, gender, and the presence of medical conditions. The results were significant for each performance measure and for a measure combining all three. This study provides further evidence that performance-based measures of lower body function are able to predict future disability, as for this population. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990302010 A |
| Classmark | C4: BN: TK: 7TY: 49: 7T |
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