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Physical performance was measured using the Physical Performance Test (PPT) score on a scale from 0 to 27, where high scores indicate a better physical performance. Habitual diets were measured using diet history interviews and dietary GI and GL were estimated from table values.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980009991601_abs3\" sec-type=\"general\"><jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title><jats:p>Eight towns\/centres from the Survey in Europe on Nutrition and the Elderly, a Concerted Action (SENECA) in 1993 and 1999.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980009991601_abs4\" sec-type=\"subjects\"><jats:title>Subjects<\/jats:title><jats:p>Seven hundred and sixty-five men and women, 75\u201380 years old, were examined in 1993; of these, 357 (47 %) were followed up in 1999, at age 80\u201385 years.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980009991601_abs5\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>At baseline, both dietary GI and GL were significantly inversely associated with PPT scores (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= 0\u00b703 and<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= 0\u00b705, respectively). When adjusted for age, BMI, physical activity, self-perceived health, chronic diseases and town\/centre, the strength of the associations was attenuated and became non-significant (GI,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= 0\u00b708; GL,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= 0\u00b792). Dietary GI\/GL were not associated with PPT scores 6 years later.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980009991601_abs6\" sec-type=\"conclusion\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Among elderly Europeans, a high glycaemic diet was associated with a low physical performance at baseline but not 6 years later. Cross-sectional associations may in part be caused by variations in age, BMI, physical activity, self-perceived health, chronic diseases and geographic location.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s1368980009991601","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,10,7]],"date-time":"2009-10-07T09:01:11Z","timestamp":1254906071000},"page":"1186-1190","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Dietary carbohydrates and change in physical performance of elderly Europeans: Survey in Europe on Nutrition and the Elderly, a Concerted Action (SENECA) 1993 and 1999"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Iben","family":"Kynde","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kirsten S","family":"Bj\u00f8rnsbo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Inge","family":"Tetens","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Berit L","family":"Heitmann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2009,10,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"S1368980009991601_ref10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/aje\/kwf144"},{"key":"S1368980009991601_ref8","volume-title":"Nutrition and the Elderly: Manual of Operations. 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