Walking speed declines with age in male and female baboons (Papio sp.): Confirmation of findings with sex as a biological variable. Issue 5 (10th August 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Huber, Hillary F.; Gerow, Kenneth G.; Li, Cun; Nathanielsz, Peter W.
• Is Part Of: Journal of medical primatology. Volume 50:Issue 5(2021)
• Page Start: 273
• Page End: 275
• Publication Date: 2021-08-10
• Subjects: aging -- biological and chronological age -- biomarker -- gait speed -- motor function -- nonhuman primate -- translational; Primates -- Periodicals; Primates -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Medicine, Experimental -- Periodicals; 616.02738
• DOI: 10.1111/jmp.12538
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0047-2565

Abstract

Abstract: We measured walking speed in baboons (67 female, 36 male; 5–22 years) to develop regression formulas to predict biological age. The final model strongly predicted age from just speed and sex. Walking speed is a valuable baboon aging biomarker. We present the first male speed data in a nonhuman primate.