Author:

• Vinícius Nagy Soares - Soares, VN - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Gerontologia - <viniciusnagy@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• André Fattori - Fattori, A - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas Campinas, São Paulo, BR - <afattori@unicamp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8698-0876
• Anita Liberalesso Neri - Neri, A.L. - Faculdade de Ciências Médicas - Unicamp, Gerontologia - <anitalbn@uol.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6833-7668
• Paula Teixeira Fernandes - Fernandes, PT - Departamento de Ciências do Esporte, Faculdade de Educação Física, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) - <paula@fef.unicamp.br>

Abstract:

Objective: To verify an influence of physical performance on mortality, functionality and life satisfaction of the elderly. Materials and methods: was realized the follow-up of 900 Brazilian non-hospitalized adults between 2008 and 2016, in which 154 deathsnatural causes were included in the survival analysis. Results: the worst grip strength (RR=1.60, CI 95%= 1.15-2.23, p=0.005) and gait speed (RR=1.82, CI 95%=1.30-2.55, p

Keywords:

Mortality; Functionality; Life Satisfaction.

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