Age and Gender Differences in Physical Capability Levels from Mid-Life Onwards: The Harmonisation and Meta-Analysis of Data from Eight UK Cohort Studies

Rachel Cooper; Rebecca Hardy; Avan Aihie Sayer; Yoav Ben-Shlomo; Kate Birnie; Cyrus Cooper; Leone Craig; Ian J. Deary; Panayotes Demakakos; John Gallacher; Geraldine McNeill; Richard M. Martin; John M. Starr; Andrew Steptoe; Diana Kuh; on behalf of the HALCyon study team

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0027899

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Age and Gender Differences in Physical Capability Levels from Mid-Life Onwards: The Harmonisation and Meta-Analysis of Data from Eight UK Cohort Studies

Rachel Cooper ,

* E-mail: r.cooper@nshd.mrc.ac.uk

Affiliation MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, Division of Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Rebecca Hardy,

Affiliation MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, Division of Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Avan Aihie Sayer,

Affiliation MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Yoav Ben-Shlomo,

Affiliation School of Social and Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Kate Birnie,

Affiliation School of Social and Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Cyrus Cooper,

Affiliations MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health and Research Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Leone Craig,

Affiliation Population Health Section, University Medical School, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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Ian J. Deary,

Affiliation Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Panayotes Demakakos,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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John Gallacher,

Affiliation Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Geraldine McNeill,

Affiliation Population Health Section, University Medical School, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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Richard M. Martin,

Affiliation School of Social and Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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John M. Starr,

Affiliation Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, Geriatric Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Andrew Steptoe,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Diana Kuh,

Affiliation MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, Division of Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Age and Gender Differences in Physical Capability Levels from Mid-Life Onwards: The Harmonisation and Meta-Analysis of Data from Eight UK Cohort Studies

Rachel Cooper,
Rebecca Hardy,
Avan Aihie Sayer,
Yoav Ben-Shlomo,
Kate Birnie,
Cyrus Cooper,
Leone Craig,
Ian J. Deary,
Panayotes Demakakos,
John Gallacher

Published: November 16, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027899

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