Relation of Pulse Pressure to Long-Distance Gait Speed in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Findings from the LIFE-P Study

Kevin S. Heffernan; Todd M. Manini; Fang-Chi Hsu; Steven N. Blair; Barbara J. Nicklas; Stephen B. Kritchevsky; Anne B. Newman; Kim Sutton-Tyrrell; Timothy S. Church; William L. Haskell; Roger A. Fielding

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0049544

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Relation of Pulse Pressure to Long-Distance Gait Speed in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Findings from the LIFE-P Study

Kevin S. Heffernan ,

* E-mail: ksheffer@syr.edu

Affiliation Department of Exercise Science, Human Performance Laboratory, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America
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Todd M. Manini,

Affiliation Department of Aging and Geriatric Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Fang-Chi Hsu,

Affiliation Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
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Steven N. Blair,

Affiliation Arnold School of Public Health, Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
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Barbara J. Nicklas,

Affiliation J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
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Stephen B. Kritchevsky,

Affiliation J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
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Anne B. Newman,

Affiliation Center for Aging and Population Health, Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Kim Sutton-Tyrrell,

Affiliation Center for Aging and Population Health, Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Timothy S. Church,

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
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William L. Haskell,

Affiliation Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Roger A. Fielding

Affiliation Nutrition, Exercise Physiology and Sarcopenia Laboratory, Jean Mayer United States Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Relation of Pulse Pressure to Long-Distance Gait Speed in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Findings from the LIFE-P Study

Kevin S. Heffernan,
Todd M. Manini,
Fang-Chi Hsu,
Steven N. Blair,
Barbara J. Nicklas,
Stephen B. Kritchevsky,
Anne B. Newman,
Kim Sutton-Tyrrell,
Timothy S. Church,
William L. Haskell

Published: November 21, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049544

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