Short-term effect of physical activity and obesity on disability in a sample of rural elderly in Mexico.

• Main Authors: Betty Manrique-Espinoza (Author), Karla Moreno-Tamayo (Author), Martha Ma. Téllez-Rojo Solís (Author), Vanessa Vianey De la Cruz-Góngora (Author), Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo (Author), Aarón Salinas-Rodríguez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 2477 participants aged 65-74 years from the impact evaluation study of a n...