The Five-Times-Sit-to-stand test, a marker of global cognitive functioning among community-dwelling older women

• Published in: The Journal of nutrition, health & aging health & aging, 2011-04, Vol.15 (4), p.271-276
• Main Authors: Annweiler, Cédric, Schott, A. -M., Abellan Van Kan, G., Rolland, Y., Blain, H., Fantino, B., Herrmann, F. R., Beauchet, O.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Aged, 80 and over; Aging; Aging - physiology; Aging - psychology; Biological and medical sciences; Cognition Disorders - diagnosis; Cohort Studies; Cross-Sectional Studies; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Geriatric Assessment; Geriatrics/Gerontology; Health Status; Humans; JNHA: Clinical Neurosciences; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Muscle, Skeletal - physiology; Neurosciences; Nutrition; Physical Fitness; Posture - physiology; Primary Care Medicine; Quality of Life Research; Reaction Time; Task Performance and Analysis; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; Vitamin D Deficiency - complications
• ISSN: 1279-7707; 1760-4788
• DOI: 10.1007/s12603-011-0037-1

Objective To determine whether there was an association between the Five-Times-Sit-to-Stand test (FTSS) and the global cognitive function assessed with Short-Portable-Mental-State-Questionnaire (SPMSQ) among the EPIDOS cohort. Design Cross-sectional study corresponding to the baseline assessment of the EPIDOS study. Setting Five French cities including Amiens, Lyon, Montpellier, Paris and Toulouse. Participants 7421 community-dwelling older women (mean age 80.41±0.04 years). Measurements Time to achieve FTSS, and SPMSQ score. Age, body mass index, high number of comorbidities, cardiovascular risk factors, depression, regular physical activity, joint pain, quadriceps strength, visual acuity, use of psychoactive drugs, serum albumin, vitamin D deficiency (i.e., serum concentration