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

Hillary F Huber; Kenneth G Gerow; Cun Li; Peter W Nathanielsz

doi:10.1111/jmp.12538

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

J Med Primatol. 2021 Oct;50(5):273-275. doi: 10.1111/jmp.12538. Epub 2021 Aug 10.

Authors

Hillary F Huber^{1

2}, Kenneth G Gerow³, Cun Li^{1

2}, Peter W Nathanielsz^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Texas Pregnancy & Life-course Health Research Center, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA.
² Southwest National Primate Research Center, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
³ Department of Statistics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA.

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.

Keywords: aging; biological and chronological age; biomarker; gait speed; motor function; nonhuman primate; translational.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Aging*
Animals
Female
Male
Papio
Walking Speed*

Abstract

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