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Association Between Activities Of Daily Living And Cardiovascular Risk Factors In Elderly People In Chung-Shing-Shin-Tseun Community, Cheng-Chieh Lin, Tsai-Chung Li, Shih-Wei Lai, Chia-Ing Li, Kuo-Che Wang, Wen-Pin Liu, Ming-May Lai, Chiu-Shong Liu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

In order to understand the prevalence of limitation in activities of daily living in elderly people and the relationship between limitation in activities of daily living and the cardiovascular risk factors among elderly people, we conducted a cross-sectional study in Chung-Shing-Shin-Tseun community of Taiwan in May 1998. All of individuals aged 65 and over were collected. A total of 1093 persons, out of a 1774 registered residents, finished questionnaires. The response rate was 61.6%. However, only 586 respondents had blood tests and completed questionnaires. Analysis in this study was based on these 586 subjects. Our results showed that 66.2% were …