The Relationship Between Neighborhoods, Muscle Strength and Physical Disability in the National Health & Aging Trends Study (NHATS)

Kate Duchowny
Research Assistant Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research

Abstract

Using data from NHATS, this pilot examines neighborhood effects on muscle strength and whether it may serve as a mechanism linking neighborhoods to physical disability.

Outcomes

  • R21AG084764-01A1; "Examining the relationship between blood-based mitochondrial bioenergetic capacity in frozen samples, socioeconomic position, and physical functioning"; 8/1/24-7/31/26
  • Perera R, Gronlund C, Noppert G, Duchowny K. 2023. Examining the association between land cover and physical mobility: findings from the NHATS study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. November 9, 2023. Tampa, Florida.
  • Duchowny K. 2023. Examining the Association Between Land Cover and Physical Mobility: Findings from NHATS. Invited Talk, National Health and Aging Trends Study Webinar, December 2023.
  • Duchowny K & Noppert G. 2023. Biomarkers of Aging: Mechanisms for Understanding Embodiment & Disrupting Health Inequities. Poster presented at the UMAging Symposium, May 2023, Ann Arbor MI.