Impaired Balance Predicts Cardiovascular Disease in 70-Year-Old Individuals-An Observational Study From the Healthy Aging Initiative.
Anna NordströmPeter NordströmPublished in: Journal of the American Heart Association (2024)
In community-dwelling 70-year-olds, impaired lateral balance was an independent predictor of later CVD, after adjustment for traditional risk factors. This may suggest that position balance could be used as an early risk marker for underlying atherosclerotic disease.