Sex- and Age-Specific Associations Between Metabolic Syndrome and Future Functional Disability in the Japanese Older Population oleh Naomi Takahashi MS, Megumi Tsubota-Utsugi RD, MPH, PhD, Shuko Takahashi MD, PhD, Yuki Yonekura PhD, Masaki Ohsawa MD, PhD, Toru Kuribayashi PhD, Toshiyuki Onoda MD, PhD, Nobuyuki Takanashi MSN, Kiyomi Sakata MD, PhD, Takehiko Yamada MT, Kuniaki Ogasawara MD, PhD, Shinichi Omama MD, PhD, Fumitaka Tanaka MD, PhD, Koichi Asahi MD, PhD, Yasushi Ishigaki MD, PhD, Ryo Itabashi MD, PhD, Hiroaki Itamochi MD, PhD, Fumiaki Takahashi PhD, Akira Okayama MD, PhD, Kozo Tanno MD, PhD