Abstract
Women experience worse physical function and greater physical decline than men at similar ages. These sex differences are heterogeneous across settings and plausibly linked to gender inequality, with evidence of increasing disadvantage for women in increasingly iniquitous societies. As described in “Age at natural menopause and physical function in older women from Albania, Brazil, Colombia and Canada: A life-course perspective” [Velez et al., 2019] we assessed the association between age at natural menopause (ANM) and objectives markers of physical function (i.e., gait speed and grip strength) in older women from the International Mobility in Aging Study (IMIAS). For all sites combined, women with ANM ≥55 had higher gait speed than those with ANM 50–54. Women with ANM <40 had significantly lower grip strength compared with all other groups. In this article, we describe the region-specific associations between ANM, gait speed, and grip strength in 775 women aged 65–74, from the Southeastern European site (Tirana, Albania), Latin American sites (Manizales, Colombia and Natal, Brazil), and Canadian sites (Kingston, Ontario and Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec). In region-specific analyses, ANM was associated with grip strength in Albania and Latin America and with gait speed in Albania only. No associations were observed in Canada.
Highlights
Data on the association between age at natural menopause and physical function in older women from the International Mobility in Aging Study (IMIAS)
As described in “Age at natural menopause and physical function in older women from Albania, Brazil, Colombia and Canada: A life-course perspective” [Velez et al, 2019] we assessed the association between age at natural menopause (ANM) and objectives markers of physical function in older women from the International Mobility in Aging Study (IMIAS)
Association between age at natural menopause and measures of physical function, taking into account socioeconomic factors Tirana (Albania), Natal (Brazil), Manizales (Colombia), Kingston (Ontario, Canada), and Saint-Hyacinthe (Quebec, Canada) Data are with this article Velez M.P, Rosendaal N, Alvarado B, da C^amara S, Belanger E, Pirkle C
Summary
Data on the association between age at natural menopause and physical function in older women from the International Mobility in Aging Study (IMIAS). As described in “Age at natural menopause and physical function in older women from Albania, Brazil, Colombia and Canada: A life-course perspective” [Velez et al, 2019] we assessed the association between age at natural menopause (ANM) and objectives markers of physical function (i.e., gait speed and grip strength) in older women from the International Mobility in Aging Study (IMIAS).
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