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| Weight, weight change, and mortality in a random sample of older community-dwelling women | | Author(s) | Mauro Zamboni, Emanuela Turcato, Helena Santana |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 47, no 12, December 1999 |
| Pages | pp 1409-1414 |
| Keywords | Digestive systems ; Weight ; Death ; Older women ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Many epidemiological studies have demonstrated that weight change is associated with an increased risk of mortality in middle-aged and older men and women. This study evaluated the relationship between measured weight, weight change, and 6-year mortality risk in a random sample of 648 community-dwelling women aged 65 years and over from Baltimore, Maryland. Data were collected using interview questionnaires, completed annually, and body weight was measured at each interview. During the follow-up period, 106 women died. Women with low baseline body mass index (BMI), regardless of weight change, and those who lost weight, regardless of baseline BMI had increased mortality risk. Women with average baseline BMI and weight loss had a very high mortality risk. Women whose weight cycled had increased mortality rates at low and high baseline weights. The results suggest that white, older, community-dwelling women are at an increased risk of mortality if they are underweight, lose weight, or weight cycle. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000306212 A |
| Classmark | BKA: 4X6: CW: BD: 7T |
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