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SUBMITTER: Willey JZ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5634922 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Willey Joshua Z JZ Moon Yeseon P YP Kulick Erin R ER Cheung Ying Kuen YK Wright Clinton B CB Sacco Ralph L RL Elkind Mitchell S V MSV
Neuroepidemiology 20170816 1-2
<h4>Introduction</h4>Gait speed is associated with multiple adverse outcomes of aging. We hypothesized that physical inactivity would be prospectively inversely associated with gait speed independently of white matter hyperintensity volume and silent brain infarcts on MRI.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants in the Northern Manhattan Study MRI sub-study had physical activity assessed when they were enrolled into the study. A mean of 5 years after the MRI, participants had gait speed measured via a timed ...[more]