SMOKING, ALCOHOL, AND NEUROMUSCULAR AND PHYSICAL FUNCTION OF OLDER WOMEN
SMOKING, ALCOHOL, AND NEUROMUSCULAR AND PHYSICAL FUNCTION OF OLDER WOMEN
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DOI:
10.1001/jama.272.23.1825
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发表时间:
1994-12-21
影响因子:
120.7
通讯作者:
CUMMINGS, SR
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作者:
NELSON, HD;NEVITT, MC;CUMMINGS, SR
Objective.-To determine the associations of current and lifetime smoking and alcohol use with physical function in an older population.Design.-Survey.Setting.-Four clinic centers in the United States.Participants.-A total of 9704 community-dwelling, ambulatory white women 65 years or older recruited from four areas of the United States.Main Outcome Measures.-Twelve performance tests of muscle strength, agility and coordination, gait and balance, and self-reported functional status.Results.-Compared with women who never smoked, current smokers had significantly poorer function on all of the performance measures except grip strength after adjusting for age, history of stroke, body mass index, clinic site, physical activity, and alcohol use (P