Childhood milk consumption is associated with better physical performance in old age

Birnie, Kate, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Gunnell, David, Ebrahim, Shah, Bayer, Antony James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7514-248X, Gallacher, John Edward ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2394-5299, Holly, Jeff M. P. and Martin, Richard M. 2012. Childhood milk consumption is associated with better physical performance in old age. Age and Ageing 41 (6) , pp. 776-784. 10.1093/ageing/afs052

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Abstract

Background: studies have shown that milk and dairy consumption in adulthood have beneficial effects on health. Methods: we examined the impact of childhood and adult diet on physical performance at age 63–86 years. The Boyd Orr cohort (n = 405) is a 65-year prospective study of children who took part in a 1930's survey; the Caerphilly Prospective Study (CaPS; n = 1,195) provides data from mid-life to old age. We hypothesised that higher intakes of childhood and adult milk, calcium, protein, fat and energy would be associated with a better performance. Results: in fully adjusted models, a standard deviation (SD) increase in natural log-transformed childhood milk intake was associated with 5% faster walking times from the get-up and go test in Boyd Orr (95% CI: 1 to 9) and 25% lower odds of poor balance (OR: 0.75; 0.55 to 1.02). Childhood calcium intake was positively associated with walking times (4% faster per SD; 0 to 8) and a higher protein intake was associated with lower odds of poor balance (OR: 0.71; 0.54 to 0.92). In adulthood, protein intake was positively associated with walking times (2% faster per SD; 1 to 3; Boyd Orr and CaPS pooled data). Conclusion: this is the first study to show positive associations of childhood milk intake with physical performance in old age.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine Systems Immunity Research Institute (SIURI)
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	diet, physical performance, walking speed, standing balance, older people
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISSN:	0002-0729
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 10:59
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/42046

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