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Friday 11 September, Parallel session C
Disability and capability
Physical capability and subsequent mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of published data
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Background
Evidence suggests that measures of physical capability may be predictive of subsequent disability, health and mortality, but the results from existing published studies have not been synthesised.
Objectives
To review published literature examining the associations between physical capability and subsequent all-cause mortality.
Design
Systematic review and meta-analysis.
Sources
Medline (from 1950 to 2008/05), EMBASE (from 1980 to 2008/02) and manual searches of the reference lists of eligible papers.
Included Studies
Any study examining the association between at least one of the specified measures …