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Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública
2014
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- Short-term effect of physical activity and obesity on disability in a sample of rural elderly in Mexico Betty Manrique-Espinoza Karla Moreno-Tamayo Martha Ma. Téllez-Rojo Solís Vanessa Vianey De la Cruz-Góngora Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo Aarón Salinas-Rodríguez Salud aged obesity Disability physical activity Objective. To estimate the effects of physical activity (PA) and obesity on the cumulative incidence of disability on the basic activities of daily living in the elderly. Materials and methods. Longitudinal study. We selected 2 477 participants aged 65-74 years from the impact evaluation study of a non- contributory pension program in Mexico. Participants were without disability at baseline. Katz index was used to assess disability both at baseline and follow-up. PA, body mass index, and covariates were measured at baseline. Results. After 14-months of follow-up, the cumulative incidence of disability reached 10.1%. High PA was found to reduce disability risk (OR=0.64; 95%CI [0.43-0.95]), and the association between obesity and disability was marginally significant (OR=1.36; 95%CI [0.96-1.95]). Conclusions. There is a need to perform a functional assessment of older adults in primary care to identify patients with functional dependence , and to promote physical activity to maintain muscle mass and thus reduce the incidence of disability. 2014 artículo científico 0036-3634 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10631162002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=106 Salud Pública de México application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Salud Pública de México (México) Num.1 Vol.56