Sex differences in physical performance by age, educational level, ethnic groups and birth cohort: The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

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 en...

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Published in:PloS one 2019-12, Vol.14 (12), p.e0226342
Main Authors: Sialino, Lena D., Schaap, Laura A., van Oostrom, Sandra H., Nooyens, Astrid C. J., Picavet, Hendrika S. J., Twisk, Johannes W. R., Verschuren, W. M. Monique, Visser, Marjolein, Wijnhoven, Hanneke A. H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Aged
Aging
Aging - ethnology
Balance
Biology and Life Sciences
Body Height
Chronic illnesses
Cohort analysis
Cohort Studies
Comparative analysis
Diabetes
Disease prevention
Education
Educational Status
Ethnicity
Female
Females
Gait
Gender aspects
Gender differences
Gerontology
Health care
Health sciences
Health services
Humans
Levels
Life expectancy
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Medical research
Medicine and Health Sciences
Men
Middle Aged
Middle aged women
Migration
Minority & ethnic groups
Morocco - ethnology
Netherlands
Nutrition
Older people
People and Places
Performance tests
Physical Functional Performance
Public health
Research and Analysis Methods
Risk
Risk groups
Sex
Sex Characteristics
Sex differences
Social Sciences
Studies
Trends
Turkey - ethnology
Vocational education
Women
Womens health
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