Identification of obesity indicators as predictors of physical function decline in the early elderly
Description: Changes in body composition, grip strength, and walking speed were observed over a 3-year period, using FY 2018 as a baseline through FY 2021.A repeated analysis of variance was performed on 45 men and 89 women who were 65 years of age or older in FY 2018 and who were also measured in FY 2021. Both grip strength and walking speed decreased significantly in men and only walking speed significantly in women, indicating a decline in physical function over the 3-year observation. There was no effect of body fat percentage, BMI, SMI, protein deficiency, or mineral deficiency on walking speed and grip strength at baseline, but there was a significant interaction of mineral deficiency on changes in grip strength for women depending on whether these changed over the three-year period.
Amount: ¥4,290,000
Funding type: fellowship
Funder scheme: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
Start date: 2018-04-01
End date: 2022-03-31
Investigator: Tomoko Fujita
Institution: Senri Kinran University
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Funded outputs count: 1
Funder award ID: 18K17661
OpenAlex ID: G4396227658