Physical performance and negative events in very old adults: a longitudinal study examining the ilSIRENTE cohort.

"Declarations Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Conflict of interestsAll authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest or non-financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript. Statement of human and animal rightsAll procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the Helsinki declaration. The study involved human participants and was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Rome, Italy). Informed consentAll participants or their proxies, when appropriate, provided signed informed consent prior to enrolment. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests. Conflict of interests All authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest or non-financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript."

"Funding Open access funding provided by Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore within the CRUI-CARE Agreement. This work was supported by grants from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (D1.2020, D1.2022, D1.2023). The work was also partly supported by the Italian Ministry of Health (Ricerca Corrente 2023) and the non-profit research foundation “Centro Studi Achille e Linda Lorenzon”. The authors also acknowledge co-funding from Next Generation EU, in the context of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, Investment PE8 – Project Age-It: “Ageing Well in an Ageing Society”. This resource was co-financed by the Next Generation EU (DM 1557 11.10.2022). The views and opinions expressed are only those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for them."