Impact of Relative Muscle Power on Hospitalization and All-Cause Mortality in Older Adults

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship of lower-limb muscle power with mortality and hospitalization.A total of 1 928 participants from the Toledo Study for Healthy Aging were included. Muscle power was assessed with the 5-repetition sit-to-stand test and participants were classified into different groups of relative power (ie, normalized to body mass) according to sex-specific tertiles and their inability to perform the...