Visual Impairment and Incident Mobility Limitations: The Health, Aging and Body Composition Study
AUTHOR:
Bonnielin K. Swenor PhD, MPH; Eleanor M. Simonsick PhD; Luigi Ferrucci MD, PhD; Anne B. Newman MD, MPH; Susan Rubin MPH; Valerie Wilson MD
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YEAR PUBLISHED:
2015
PUBLICATION:
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
KEY HIGHLIGHTS:
The study examines the association between multiple measures of visual impairment (VI) and incident mobility limitations in older adults ages 70 to 79 in Memphis, Tennessee, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.