Air Pollution and Performance-Based Physical Functioning in Dutch Older Adults

BACKGROUND: Functional limitations are a major cause for needing care and institutionalization among older adults. Exposure to air pollution has been suggested to be associated with increased functional limitations in older people. OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to assess the association between air pollution and physical functioning in Dutch older adults. METHODS: We analyzed data on performance-based (walking speed, ability to rise from a chair, putting on and taking off a cardigan, balance test) and self-reported physical functioning for 1,762 participants of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amst... Mehr ...