"To investigate the extent to which 2 measures of physical fitness — walking pace and handgrip strength — are associated with life expectancy across different levels of adiposity, as the relative importance of physical fitness and adiposity on health outcomes is still debated."
Can anyone translate the following sentence?
"Conversely, subjects reporting slow walking pace had shorter life expectancies, being the lowest observed in slow walkers with a BMI less than 20 kg/m2 (women: 72.4 years; men: 64.8 years)."
What that sentence is saying is that, in their data, slow walkers (think people whose hips, knees, or back are impeding their ability to walk well) had the shortest life expectancy, and the lowest BMIs had the shortest of all. So if you're really frail and can barely walk, it doesn't bode well for you.
Thank you. I think they put "being" in the wrong place and actually meant:
"Conversely, subjects reporting slow walking pace had shorter life expectancies, the lowest being observed in slow walkers with a BMI less than 20 kg/m2 (women: 72.4 years; men: 64.8 years)."
So if you're really frail and can barely walk, it doesn't bode well for you.
What if you're healthy, low-weight, and walk slowly??
Presumably the full paper contains that info, but I'm surprised it's omitted from the abstract.
"To investigate the extent to which 2 measures of physical fitness — walking pace and handgrip strength — are associated with life expectancy across different levels of adiposity, as the relative importance of physical fitness and adiposity on health outcomes is still debated."
Can anyone translate the following sentence?
"Conversely, subjects reporting slow walking pace had shorter life expectancies, being the lowest observed in slow walkers with a BMI less than 20 kg/m2 (women: 72.4 years; men: 64.8 years)."