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SUBMITTER: Pinter D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5278543 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pinter Daniela D Ritchie Stuart J SJ Doubal Fergus F Gattringer Thomas T Morris Zoe Z Bastin Mark E ME Del C Valdés Hernández Maria M Royle Natalie A NA Corley Janie J Muñoz Maniega Susana S Pattie Alison A Dickie David A DA Staals Julie J Gow Alan J AJ Starr John M JM Deary Ian J IJ Enzinger Christian C Fazekas Franz F Wardlaw Joanna J
Scientific reports 20170130
Gait and balance impairment is highly prevalent in older people. We aimed to assess whether and how single markers of small vessel disease (SVD) or a combination thereof explain gait and balance function in the elderly. We analysed 678 community-dwelling healthy subjects from the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 at the age of 71-74 years who had undergone comprehensive risk factor assessment, gait and balance assessment as well as brain MRI. We investigated the impact of individual SVD markers (white m ...[more]