date:Jun 21, 2019
of mobility limitation and disability in older adults.
Because of our growing population of older people, its important for us to understand the variety of risk factors for mobility disability, says Kyla Shea, first and corresponding author and a nutrition scientist in the Vitamin K Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University.
The new study examined two biomarkers: circulating levels of vitamin K (phylloquinone) and a functional measu