Childhood socioeconomic position and objectively measured physical capability levels in adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Childhood socioeconomic position and objectively measured physical capability levels in adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

<h4>Background</h4>Grip strength, walking speed, chair rising and standing balance time are objective measures of physical capability that characterise current health and predict survival in older populations. Socioeconomic position (SEP) in childhood may influence the peak level of phys...

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Main Authors: Kate Birnie, Rachel Cooper, Richard M Martin, Diana Kuh, Avan Aihie Sayer, Beatriz E Alvarado, Antony Bayer, Kaare Christensen, Sung-il Cho, Cyrus Cooper, Janie Corley, Leone Craig, Ian J Deary, Panayotes Demakakos, Shah Ebrahim, John Gallacher, Alan J Gow, David Gunnell, Steven Haas, Tomas Hemmingsson, Hazel Inskip, Soong-nang Jang, Kenya Noronha, Merete Osler, Alberto Palloni, Finn Rasmussen, Brigitte Santos-Eggimann, Jacques Spagnoli, John Starr, Andrew Steptoe, Holly Syddall, Per Tynelius, David Weir, Lawrence J Whalley, Maria Victoria Zunzunegui, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Rebecca Hardy, HALCyon study team
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015564
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