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Inflammatory Markers and Incident Mobility Limitation in the Elderly

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Penninx, Brenda W. J. H., Kritchevsky, Stephen B., Newman, Anne B., Nicklas, Barbara J., Simonsick, Eleanor M., Rubin, Susan, Nevitt, Michael, Visser, Marjolein +2 more·2004·Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Abstract

Objectives: To examine the relationship between indicators of inflammation and the incidence of mobility limitation in older persons. Design: Prospective cohort study: the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study. Setting: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Memphis, Tennessee. Participants: A total of 2,979 men and women, aged 70 to 79, without mobility limitation at baseline. Measurements: Serum levels of interleukin (IL)‐6, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα), and C‐reactive protein (CRP) and soluble cytokine receptors (IL‐2sR, IL‐6sR, TNFsR1, TNFsR2) were measured. Mobility limitation was assessed and defined as reporting difficulty or inability to walk one‐quarter of a mile or to climb 10 steps during two consecutive semiannual assessments over 30 months. Results: Of the 2,979 participants, 30.1% developed incident mobility limitation. After adjustment for confounders (demographics, prevalent conditions at baseline, body composition), the relative risk (RR) of incident mobility limitation per standard deviation (SD) increase was 1.19 (95% confidence interval (CI)=1.10–1.28) for IL‐6, 1.20 (95% CI=1.12–1.29) for TNFα, and 1.40 (95% CI=1.18–1.68) for CRP. The association between inflammation and incident mobility limitation was especially strong for the onset of more severe mobility limitation and when the levels of multiple inflammatory markers were high. When persons with baseline or incident cardiovascular disease events or persons who were hospitalized during study follow‐up were excluded, findings remained similar. In a subset (n=499), high levels of the soluble receptors IL2sR and TNFsR1 (per SD increase: RR=1.23 (95% CI=1.04–1.46) and RR=1.28 (95% CI=1.04–1.57), respectively) were also associated with incident mobility limitation. Conclusion: Findings suggest that inflammation is prognostic for incident mobility limitation over 30 months, independent of cardiovascular disease events and incident severe illness.

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Penninx, B. W. J. H., Kritchevsky, S. B., Newman, A. B., Nicklas, B. J., Simonsick, E. M., Rubin, S., Nevitt, M., Visser, M., Harris, T., & Pahor, M.
Affiliations
  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences (US)
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
  • National Institute on Aging (US)
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
Corresponding author
Penninx, Brenda W. J. H.
Venue
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2004-06-15
Volume
52
Issue
7
Pages
1105-1113
ISSN
  • 0002-8614 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-5415
OpenAlex
W2145356246
Cited by
326
References
42
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FWCI
6.78
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Pure Amsterdam UMC (publishedVersion)
  • Amsterdam UMC (VU Amsterdam) - Institutional Repository (publishedVersion)
  • VU Research Portal (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) (submittedVersion)
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Funders
  • American Heart Association
  • Wake Forest University
  • Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen
  • National Institute on Aging (5P60 AG10484-07, P60AG010484, N01AG62106, N01-AG-6-2102, N01-AG-62103)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Frailty in Older Adults
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
Keywords
inflammation, mobility limitations, older adults, interleukin-6, TNF-α, C-reactive protein, soluble cytokine receptors, interleukin-2 receptor, TNF receptor 1, prognostic factors, cardiovascular disease, hospitalized older adults
MeSH terms
Aged, C-Reactive Protein, Female, Humans, Inflammation, Male, Pennsylvania, Prospective Studies, Tennessee, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, Biomarkers, Interleukin-6, Walking, Receptors, Cytokine

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