| |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | |
 | |
|
| Body-mass index (BMI) and 4-year change in health-related quality of life (HRQL) | | Author(s) | Teresa M Damush, Timothy E Stump, Daniel O Clark |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 14, no 2, May 2002 |
| Pages | pp 195-210 |
| Keywords | Musculoskeletal systems ; Weight ; Health [elderly] ; Quality of life ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The design of this study used secondary analyses of a prospective, longitudinal study, the US Health and Retirement Surveys in 1992, 1994 and 1996; data was extrapolated on 7895 adults aged 51 to 61. Estimates of the effect of body mass index (BMI) on changes in health-related quality of life (HRQL) were adjusted by disease severity. Each BMI category was associated with an increasing risk of decline in perceived health, with the highest risk in the higher categories. A BMI of between 30 and 35 was associated with a risk of decline in mobility. These findings suggest a significant impact of BMI on changes in HRQL that is independent of disease severity and baseline HRQL. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020521204 A |
| Classmark | BK6: 4X6: CC: F:59: 49: 7T |
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing |
|
| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
| |
|