Callahan KE, et al. - In this post hoc study, researchers analyzed prospectively gathered data from the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders (LIFE) study—a randomized clinical trial of lifestyle interventions to preserve mobility in older adults—to assess whether there exists a relationship between baseline scores on the Mobility Assessment Tool-short form (MAT-sf; a computer-based means of assessing mobility that predicts mobility disability) and the number of hospitalizations and time to first hospitalization over a median follow-up of 2.7 years. The study setting included eight US academic medical centers. They found that, among the 1,557 community-dwelling older adults with data regarding hospitalization status, 726 had ≥ 1 hospitalization, of whom 78% had 1-2 hospitalizations. Findings showed that low MAT-sf scores identified older adults at risk of hospitalization.