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Association Between Visual Acuity and Prospective Fall Risk in Generally Health...
Wieczorek, Maud; Isler, Marlis; Landau, Klara; Becker, Matthias D; Dawson-Hughes, Bess; Kressig, Reto W; Vellas, Bruno; Orav, Endel John; Rizzoli, RenéAlthough aging has a strong impact on visual acuity (VA) and falls, their interaction is understudied in generally healthy older adults. This study aimed to examine if and to what extent baseline VA is associated with an increased risk of all and injurious falls over 3 years in generally healthy community-dwelling older adults.
Prevalence of healthy aging among community dwelling adults age 70 and older fr...
Schietzel, Simeon; Chocano-Bedoya, Patricia O; Sadlon, Angelique; Gagesch, Michael; Willett, Walter C; Orav, Endel J; Kressig, Reto W; Vellas, BrunoBackground: To compare the prevalence of healthy aging among adults age 70 and older from 5 European countries recruited for the DO-HEALTH clinical trial. Participants were selected for absence of prior major health events. Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of DO-HEALTH baseline data. All 2,157 participants (mean age 74.9, SD 4.4; 61.7% women) were included and 2,123 had data for all domains of the healthy agin...