Older women perform consistently poorer on physical performance tests compared to men. Risk groups for this “female disadvantage” in physical performance and it’s development over successive birth cohorts are unknown. This is important information for preventive strategies aimed to enhance healthy aging in all older women. This study aims to longitudinal investigate whether there are risk groups for a more apparent female disadvantage and study its trend over successive birth cohorts.
Sialino, L. D., Schaap, L. A., van Oostrom, S. H., Nooyens, A. C. J., Picavet, H. S. J., Twisk, J. W. R., Verschuren, W. M. M., Visser, M. & Wijnhoven, H. A. H.,Sex differences in physical performance by age, educational level, ethnic groups and birth cohort: The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam 2019, In : PLoS ONE. 14, 12, p. e0226342 e0226342.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226342
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