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Pezzola E, Tomasoni D, Caneiro-Queija B, Raposeiras-Roubin S, Freixa X, Arzamendi D, Benito-González T, Montefusco A, Pascual I, Nombela-Franco L, Rodes-Cabau J, Shuvy M, Portolés-Hernández A, Godino C, Haberman D, Metra M, Estévez-Loureiro R, Adamo M. Prevalence and prognostic significance of malnutrition in patients with secondary mitral regurgitation undergoing transcatheter edge-to-edge repair. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2024; 104:390-400. [PMID: 38736245 DOI: 10.1002/ccd.31079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2023] [Revised: 03/20/2024] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 05/14/2024]
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BACKGROUND Malnutrition is associated with poor prognosis in several cardiovascular diseases; however, its role in patients with secondary mitral regurgitation (SMR) is poorly known. AIMS To evaluate the impact of nutritional status, assessed using different scores, on clinical outcomes in patients with SMR undergoing transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) in a real-world setting. METHODS A total of 658 patients with SMR and complete nutritional data were identified from the MIVNUT registry. Nutritional status has been assessed using controlling nutritional status index (CONUT), prognostic nutritional index (PNI), and geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI) scores. Outcomes of interest were all-cause mortality and all-cause mortality or heart failure (HF) hospitalization. RESULTS Any malnutrition grade was observed in 79.4%, 16.7%, and 47.9% of patients by using CONUT, PNI, and GNRI, respectively, while moderate to severe malnutrition was noted in 24.7%, 16.7%, and 25.6% of patients, respectively. At a median follow-up of 2.2 years, 212 patients (32.2%) died. Moderate-severe malnutrition was associated with a higher rate of all-cause mortality (HR: 2.46 [95% CI: 1.69-3.58], HR: 2.18 [95% CI: 1.46-3.26], HR: 1.97 [95% CI: 1.41-2.74] for CONUT, PNI, and GNRI scores, respectively). The combined secondary endpoint of all-cause mortality and HF rehospitalization occurred in 306 patients (46.5%). Patients with moderate-severe malnutrition had a higher risk of the composite endpoint (HR: 1.56 [95% CI: 1.20-2.28], HR: 1.55 [95% CI: 1.01-2.19], HR: 1.36 [95% CI: 1.02-1.80] for CONUT, PNI, and GNRI scores, respectively). After adjustment for multiple confounders, moderate-severe malnutrition remained independently associated with clinical outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Moderate-severe malnutrition was common in patients with SMR undergoing TEER. It was independently associated with poor prognosis regardless of the different scores used.
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- Elisa Pezzola
- Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Cardiology, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Cardiology, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Interventional Cardiology Unit, Hospital Sant Pau i Santa Creu, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medical Science, Division of Cardiology, University of Turin Città della Salute e Della Scienza Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Interventional Cardiology Unit, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, IdISSC, Madrid, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
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- Heart Institute Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Clinical Cardiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Cardiology, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Cardiology, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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Fukutake M, Takahashi T, Gondo Y, Kamide K, Masui Y, Matsuda KI, Enoki K, Takeshita H, Mihara Y, Hatta K, Sato H, Murotani Y, Hagino H, Kabayama M, Ishizaki T, Sugimoto K, Rakugi H, Maeda Y, Moynihan P, Ikebe K. Impact of occlusal force on decline in body mass index among older Japanese adults: Finding from the SONIC study. J Am Geriatr Soc 2021; 69:1956-1963. [PMID: 33763855 DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Revised: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine any independent influence of occlusal force and of number of natural teeth on decline in body mass index (BMI) among older Japanese adults. DESIGN Longitudinal study over a 3- to 6-year period. SETTING Urban and rural area in Japan. PARTICIPANTS Independently living Japanese adults aged 69-71 years and 79-81 years at baseline. This analysis excluded participants who were defined as underweight at baseline. MEASUREMENTS Information was collected on age, gender, occlusal force, the number of teeth, BMI, socioeconomic factors, medical history, the number of daily prescription medications, cognitive function, depressive symptoms, hand grip strength, and physical function. Maximal occlusal force was measured with a pressure-sensitive sheet. Nutritional status was assessed using BMI, and participants with BMI <21.5 were defined as underweight. Then, they were divided into two groups: a "BMI declined" group who were defined as underweight at either 3- or 6-year follow-up survey, and a "BMI maintained" group who were not defined as underweight at both follow-up surveys. Logistic generalized estimating equation (GEE) models were used to assess the effect of occlusal force and the number of teeth at baseline on decline in BMI over 3 or 6 years, after adjusting for possible covariates associated with nutritional status. RESULTS The final analysis included 704 participants. Eighty-six (12.2%) participants were classified into the BMI declined group. Logistic GEE models showed that the number of teeth was not significantly associated with decline in BMI. However, occlusal force was significantly associated with decline in BMI (odds ratio = 0.90, 95% confidence interval = 0.83-0.97) after adjusting for covariates. CONCLUSION Participants with lower occlusal force were more likely to be in the BMI less than 21.5 kg/m2 . The findings suggest that to prevent decline in oral function is important to maintain nutritional status.
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- Motoyoshi Fukutake
- Department of Prosthodontics, Gerodontology and Oral Rehabilitation, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Gerodontology and Oral Rehabilitation, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Thanatology and Geriatric Behavioral Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Health Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Research Team for Human Care, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Gerodontology and Oral Rehabilitation, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Gerodontology and Oral Rehabilitation, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Gerodontology and Oral Rehabilitation, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Gerodontology and Oral Rehabilitation, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Gerodontology and Oral Rehabilitation, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Gerodontology and Oral Rehabilitation, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Gerodontology and Oral Rehabilitation, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Gerodontology and Oral Rehabilitation, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Health Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Research Team for Human Care, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Gerodontology and Oral Rehabilitation, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
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- Adelaide Dental School, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Gerodontology and Oral Rehabilitation, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
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Changes in micronutrient intake and factors associated with this change among older Australian men: the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project. Public Health Nutr 2020; 24:4454-4465. [PMID: 32895085 DOI: 10.1017/s1368980020003249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To examine changes in micronutrient intake over 3 years and identify any associations between socio-economic, health, lifestyle and meal-related factors and these changes in micronutrient intakes among older men. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Dietary adequacy of individual micronutrient was compared to the estimated average requirement of the nutrient reference values (NRV). Attainment of the NRV for twelve micronutrients was incorporated into a dichotomised variable 'not meeting' (meeting ≤ 6) or 'meeting' (meeting ≥ 7) and categorised into four categories to assess change in micronutrient intake over 3 years. The multinomial logistic regression analyses were conducted to model predictors of changes in micronutrient intake. PARTICIPANTS Seven hundred and ninety-four men participated in a detailed diet history interview at the third wave (baseline nutrition) and 718 men participated at the fourth wave (3-year follow-up). RESULTS The mean age was 81 years (range 75-99 years). Median intakes of the majority of micronutrients decreased significantly over a 3-year follow-up. Inadequacy of the NRV for thiamine, dietary folate, Zn, Mg, Ca and I were significantly increased at a 3-year follow-up than baseline nutrition. The incidence of inadequate micronutrient intake was 21 % and remained inadequate micronutrient intake was 16·4 % at 3-year follow-up. Changes in micronutrient intakes were significantly associated with participants born in the UK and Italy, low levels of physical activity, having ≥2 medical conditions and used meal services. CONCLUSIONS Micronutrient intake decreases with age in older men. Our results suggest that strategies to improve some of the suboptimal micronutrient intakes might need to be developed and implemented for older men.
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Dose–response relationship between body mass index and risks of all-cause mortality and disability among the elderly: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Nutr 2019; 38:1511-1523. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2018.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Barbera M, Mangialasche F, Jongstra S, Guillemont J, Ngandu T, Beishuizen C, Coley N, Brayne C, Andrieu S, Richard E, Soininen H, Kivipelto M. Designing an Internet-Based Multidomain Intervention for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: The HATICE Trial. J Alzheimers Dis 2019; 62:649-663. [PMID: 29480185 DOI: 10.3233/jad-170858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Many dementia and cardiovascular disease (CVD) cases in older adults are attributable to modifiable vascular and lifestyle-related risk factors, providing opportunities for prevention. In the Healthy Aging Through Internet Counselling in the Elderly (HATICE) randomized controlled trial, an internet-based multidomain intervention is being tested to improve the cardiovascular risk (CVR) profile of older adults. OBJECTIVE To design a multidomain intervention to improve CVR, based on the guidelines for CVR management, and administered through a coach-supported, interactive, platform to over 2500 community-dwellers aged 65+ in three European countries. METHODS A comparative analysis of national and European guidelines for primary and secondary CVD prevention was performed. Results were used to define the content of the intervention. RESULTS The intervention design focused on promoting awareness and self-management of hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus, and overweight, and supporting smoking cessation, physical activity, and healthy diet. Overall, available guidelines lacked specific recommendations for CVR management in older adults. The comparative analysis of the guidelines showed general consistency for lifestyle-related recommendations. Key differences, identified mostly in methods used to assess the overall CVR, did not hamper the intervention design. Minor country-specific adaptations were implemented to maximize the intervention feasibility in each country. CONCLUSION Despite differences in CVR management within the countries considered, it was possible to design and implement the HATICE multidomain intervention. The study can help define preventative strategies for dementia and CVD that are applicable internationally.
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- Mariagnese Barbera
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Neurology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Neurobiology, Aging Research Center, Health Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Chronic Disease Prevention Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- INSERM, University of Toulouse UMR 1027, Toulouse, France.,Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France
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- INSERM, University of Toulouse UMR 1027, Toulouse, France.,Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Neurology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Neurocenter, Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Neurology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Chronic Disease Prevention Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Neurobiology, Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,Stockholms Sjukhem, R&D unit, Stockholm Sweden
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Boutin E, Natella PA, Schott AM, Bastuji-Garin S, David JP, Paillaud E, Rolland Y, Canouï-Poitrine F. Interrelations between body mass index, frailty, and clinical adverse events in older community-dwelling women: The EPIDOS cohort study. Clin Nutr 2018; 37:1638-1644. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2017.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2016] [Revised: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 07/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Diet quality and its implications on the cardio-metabolic, physical and general health of older men: the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project (CHAMP). Br J Nutr 2017; 118:130-143. [PMID: 28820080 DOI: 10.1017/s0007114517001738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The revised Dietary Guideline Index (DGI-2013) scores individuals' diets according to their compliance with the Australian Dietary Guideline (ADG). This cross-sectional study assesses the diet quality of 794 community-dwelling men aged 74 years and older, living in Sydney, Australia participating in the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project; it also examines sociodemographic and lifestyle factors associated with DGI-2013 scores; it studies associations between DGI-2103 scores and the following measures: homoeostasis model assessment - insulin resistance, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, TAG, blood pressure, waist:hip ratio, BMI, number of co-morbidities and medications and frailty status while also accounting for the effect of ethnicity in these relationships. Median DGI-2013 score was 93·7 (54·4, 121·2); most individuals failed to meet recommendations for vegetables, dairy products and alternatives, added sugar, unsaturated fat and SFA, fluid and discretionary foods. Lower education, income, physical activity levels and smoking were associated with low scores. After adjustments for confounders, high DGI-2013 scores were associated with lower HDL-cholesterol, lower waist:hip ratios and lower probability of being frail. Proxies of good health (fewer co-morbidities and medications) were not associated with better compliance to the ADG. However, in participants with a Mediterranean background, low DGI-2013 scores were not generally associated with poorer health. Older men demonstrated poor diet quality as assessed by the DGI-2013, and the association between dietary guidelines and health measures and indices may be influenced by ethnic background.
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Yashin AI, Arbeev KG, Wu D, Arbeeva L, Kulminski A, Kulminskaya I, Akushevich I, Ukraintseva SV. How Genes Modulate Patterns of Aging-Related Changes on the Way to 100: Biodemographic Models and Methods in Genetic Analyses of Longitudinal Data. NORTH AMERICAN ACTUARIAL JOURNAL : NAAJ 2016; 20:201-232. [PMID: 27773987 PMCID: PMC5070546 DOI: 10.1080/10920277.2016.1178588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE To clarify mechanisms of genetic regulation of human aging and longevity traits, a number of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of these traits have been performed. However, the results of these analyses did not meet expectations of the researchers. Most detected genetic associations have not reached a genome-wide level of statistical significance, and suffered from the lack of replication in the studies of independent populations. The reasons for slow progress in this research area include low efficiency of statistical methods used in data analyses, genetic heterogeneity of aging and longevity related traits, possibility of pleiotropic (e.g., age dependent) effects of genetic variants on such traits, underestimation of the effects of (i) mortality selection in genetically heterogeneous cohorts, (ii) external factors and differences in genetic backgrounds of individuals in the populations under study, the weakness of conceptual biological framework that does not fully account for above mentioned factors. One more limitation of conducted studies is that they did not fully realize the potential of longitudinal data that allow for evaluating how genetic influences on life span are mediated by physiological variables and other biomarkers during the life course. The objective of this paper is to address these issues. DATA AND METHODS We performed GWAS of human life span using different subsets of data from the original Framingham Heart Study cohort corresponding to different quality control (QC) procedures and used one subset of selected genetic variants for further analyses. We used simulation study to show that approach to combining data improves the quality of GWAS. We used FHS longitudinal data to compare average age trajectories of physiological variables in carriers and non-carriers of selected genetic variants. We used stochastic process model of human mortality and aging to investigate genetic influence on hidden biomarkers of aging and on dynamic interaction between aging and longevity. We investigated properties of genes related to selected variants and their roles in signaling and metabolic pathways. RESULTS We showed that the use of different QC procedures results in different sets of genetic variants associated with life span. We selected 24 genetic variants negatively associated with life span. We showed that the joint analyses of genetic data at the time of bio-specimen collection and follow up data substantially improved significance of associations of selected 24 SNPs with life span. We also showed that aging related changes in physiological variables and in hidden biomarkers of aging differ for the groups of carriers and non-carriers of selected variants. CONCLUSIONS . The results of these analyses demonstrated benefits of using biodemographic models and methods in genetic association studies of these traits. Our findings showed that the absence of a large number of genetic variants with deleterious effects may make substantial contribution to exceptional longevity. These effects are dynamically mediated by a number of physiological variables and hidden biomarkers of aging. The results of these research demonstrated benefits of using integrative statistical models of mortality risks in genetic studies of human aging and longevity.
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- Anatoliy I. Yashin
- Professor, Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, 2024 W. Main Street, Room A102E, Durham, NC 27705, USA. Tel.: (+1) 919-668-2713; Fax: (+1) 919-684-3861
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- Sr. Research Scientist, Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, 2024 W. Main Street, Room A102F, Durham, NC 27705, USA. Tel.: (+1) 919-668-2707; Fax: (+1) 919-684-3861
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- Sr. Research Scientist, Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, 2024 W. Main Street, Room A104, Durham, NC 27705, USA. Tel.: (+1) 919-684-6126; Fax: (+1) 919-684-3861
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- Statistician, Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, 2024 W. Main Street, Room A102G, Durham, NC 27705, USA. Tel.: (+1) 919-613-0715; Fax: (+1) 919-684-3861
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- Sr. Research Scientist, Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, 2024 W. Main Street, Room A106, Durham, NC 27705, USA. Tel.: (+1) 919-684-4962; Fax: (+1) 919-684-3861
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- Research Scientist, Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, 2024 W. Main Street, Room A102D, Durham, NC 27705, USA. Tel.: (+1) 919-681-8232; Fax: (+1) 919-684-3861
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- Sr. Research Scientist, Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, 2024 W. Main Street, Room A107, Durham, NC 27705, USA. Tel.: (+1) 919-668-2715; Fax: (+1) 919-684-3861
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- Sr. Research Scientist, Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, 2024 W. Main Street, Room A105, Durham, NC 27705, USA. Tel.: (+1) 919-668-2712; Fax: (+1) 919-684-3861
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Aune D, Sen A, Prasad M, Norat T, Janszky I, Tonstad S, Romundstad P, Vatten LJ. BMI and all cause mortality: systematic review and non-linear dose-response meta-analysis of 230 cohort studies with 3.74 million deaths among 30.3 million participants. BMJ 2016; 353:i2156. [PMID: 27146380 PMCID: PMC4856854 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i2156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 503] [Impact Index Per Article: 62.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies of body mass index (BMI) and the risk of all cause mortality, and to clarify the shape and the nadir of the dose-response curve, and the influence on the results of confounding from smoking, weight loss associated with disease, and preclinical disease. DATA SOURCES PubMed and Embase databases searched up to 23 September 2015. STUDY SELECTION Cohort studies that reported adjusted risk estimates for at least three categories of BMI in relation to all cause mortality. DATA SYNTHESIS Summary relative risks were calculated with random effects models. Non-linear associations were explored with fractional polynomial models. RESULTS 230 cohort studies (207 publications) were included. The analysis of never smokers included 53 cohort studies (44 risk estimates) with >738 144 deaths and >9 976 077 participants. The analysis of all participants included 228 cohort studies (198 risk estimates) with >3 744 722 deaths among 30 233 329 participants. The summary relative risk for a 5 unit increment in BMI was 1.18 (95% confidence interval 1.15 to 1.21; I(2)=95%, n=44) among never smokers, 1.21 (1.18 to 1.25; I(2)=93%, n=25) among healthy never smokers, 1.27 (1.21 to 1.33; I(2)=89%, n=11) among healthy never smokers with exclusion of early follow-up, and 1.05 (1.04 to 1.07; I(2)=97%, n=198) among all participants. There was a J shaped dose-response relation in never smokers (Pnon-linearity <0.001), and the lowest risk was observed at BMI 23-24 in never smokers, 22-23 in healthy never smokers, and 20-22 in studies of never smokers with ≥20 years' follow-up. In contrast there was a U shaped association between BMI and mortality in analyses with a greater potential for bias including all participants, current, former, or ever smokers, and in studies with a short duration of follow-up (<5 years or <10 years), or with moderate study quality scores. CONCLUSION Overweight and obesity is associated with increased risk of all cause mortality and the nadir of the curve was observed at BMI 23-24 among never smokers, 22-23 among healthy never smokers, and 20-22 with longer durations of follow-up. The increased risk of mortality observed in underweight people could at least partly be caused by residual confounding from prediagnostic disease. Lack of exclusion of ever smokers, people with prevalent and preclinical disease, and early follow-up could bias the results towards a more U shaped association.
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- Dagfinn Aune
- Department of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College, London, UK
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- Department of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Community Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College, London, UK
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- Department of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Community Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India
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- Department of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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Harris ML, Dolja-Gore X, Kendig H, Byles JE. First incident hospitalisation for Australian women aged 70 and beyond: A 10 year examination using competing risks. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2015; 64:29-37. [PMID: 26952374 DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2015.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2015] [Revised: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 12/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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There are increasing concerns regarding high hospital use among older adults and the capacity to manage the economic impact of the ageing population trend on healthcare systems. First hospitalisation in old age may act as a catalyst for ongoing intensification of health problems and acute care use. This study examined factors associated with first incident hospitalisation in women aged over 70, accounting for the health inequalities associated with geographic location. Survey data from 3780 women from the 1921 to 1926 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health were matched with the Admitted Patients Data Collection and National Death Index. Days to first event (hospitalisation or death) were modelled using competing risks methods. A total of 3065 (80.3%) women had at least one hospital admission. More than half of the top 15 reasons for first hospitalisation were related to cardiovascular disease, with atrial fibrillation the most common. Proportional subdistribution hazards models showed that first hospital admission was driven by enabling and need factors including asthma/bronchitis diagnosis (HR=1.16; p=0.047), private health insurance (HR=1.16; p=0.004) more than two prescribed medications in previous month (HR=1.31; p=0.001), more than four general practitioner visits in previous year (HR=1.50; p=0.034), lower physical functioning (HR=0.99; p<0.001) and living in an inner regional area (HR=1.17; p=0.003). First overnight hospitalisation was primarily related with potentially preventable and treatable chronic diseases. Primary and secondary strategies aimed at chronic disease generally, and better chronic disease management particularly for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, may play a vital role in disease prevention or delay in readmissions among this population.
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- Melissa L Harris
- Research Centre for Generational Health and Ageing, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Australia.
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- Research Centre for Generational Health and Ageing, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Australia
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- Centre for Research on Ageing, Health and Wellbeing, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, Australian National University, Australia; ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), Australia
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- Research Centre for Generational Health and Ageing, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Australia; ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), Australia
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Yashin AI, Arbeev KG, Arbeeva LS, Wu D, Akushevich I, Kovtun M, Yashkin A, Kulminski A, Culminskaya I, Stallard E, Li M, Ukraintseva SV. How the effects of aging and stresses of life are integrated in mortality rates: insights for genetic studies of human health and longevity. Biogerontology 2015; 17:89-107. [PMID: 26280653 DOI: 10.1007/s10522-015-9594-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2015] [Accepted: 07/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Increasing proportions of elderly individuals in developed countries combined with substantial increases in related medical expenditures make the improvement of the health of the elderly a high priority today. If the process of aging by individuals is a major cause of age related health declines then postponing aging could be an efficient strategy for improving the health of the elderly. Implementing this strategy requires a better understanding of genetic and non-genetic connections among aging, health, and longevity. We review progress and problems in research areas whose development may contribute to analyses of such connections. These include genetic studies of human aging and longevity, the heterogeneity of populations with respect to their susceptibility to disease and death, forces that shape age patterns of human mortality, secular trends in mortality decline, and integrative mortality modeling using longitudinal data. The dynamic involvement of genetic factors in (i) morbidity/mortality risks, (ii) responses to stresses of life, (iii) multi-morbidities of many elderly individuals, (iv) trade-offs for diseases, (v) genetic heterogeneity, and (vi) other relevant aging-related health declines, underscores the need for a comprehensive, integrated approach to analyze the genetic connections for all of the above aspects of aging-related changes. The dynamic relationships among aging, health, and longevity traits would be better understood if one linked several research fields within one conceptual framework that allowed for efficient analyses of available longitudinal data using the wealth of available knowledge about aging, health, and longevity already accumulated in the research field.
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- Anatoliy I Yashin
- The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. .,The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, 2024 W. Main Street, Room A102E, Durham, NC, 27705, USA.
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- The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.,The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, 2024 W. Main Street, Room A105, Durham, NC, 27705, USA
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Adequacy of nutritional intake among older men living in Sydney, Australia: findings from the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project (CHAMP). Br J Nutr 2015; 114:812-21. [PMID: 26266529 DOI: 10.1017/s0007114515002421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Previous research shows that older men tend to have lower nutritional intakes and higher risk of under-nutrition compared with younger men. The objectives of this study were to describe energy and nutrient intakes, assess nutritional risk and investigate factors associated with poor intake of energy and key nutrients in community-dwelling men aged ≥75 years participating in the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project - a longitudinal cohort study on older men in Sydney, Australia. A total of 794 men (mean age 81·4 years) had a detailed diet history interview, which was carried out by a dietitian. Dietary adequacy was assessed by comparing median intakes with nutrient reference values (NRV): estimated average requirement, adequate intake or upper level of intake. Attainment of NRV of total energy and key nutrients in older age (protein, Fe, Zn, riboflavin, Ca and vitamin D) was incorporated into a 'key nutrients' variable dichotomised as 'good' (≥5) or 'poor' (≤4). Using logistic regression modelling, we examined associations between key nutrients with factors known to affect food intake. Median energy intake was 8728 kJ (P5=5762 kJ, P95=12 303 kJ), and mean BMI was 27·7 (sd 4·0) kg/m2. Men met their NRV for most nutrients. However, only 1 % of men met their NRV for vitamin D, only 19 % for Ca, only 30 % for K and only 33 % for dietary fibre. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that only country of birth was significantly associated with poor nutritional intake. Dietary intakes were adequate for most nutrients; however, only half of the participants met the NRV of ≥5 key nutrients.
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Pajulammi HM, Pihlajamäki HK, Luukkaala TH, Nuotio MS. Pre- and perioperative predictors of changes in mobility and living arrangements after hip fracture--a population-based study. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2015; 61:182-9. [PMID: 26043958 DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2015.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2014] [Revised: 05/16/2015] [Accepted: 05/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH Examining pre- and perioperative predictors of changes in mobility and living arrangements after hip fracture. MATERIALS AND METHODS Population-based prospective data were collected on 1027 hip fracture patients aged ≥65. The outcomes were decreased vs. same or improved mobility level and need for more supported vs. same or less supported living arrangements 1 year after hip fracture. The independent variables were age, gender, body mass index, American Society of Anesthesiologists score, diagnosis of memory disorder, mobility level and living arrangements, fracture type, delay to surgery and urinary catheter removal during acute hospitalization. THE PRINCIPAL RESULTS Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed the prefracture mobility level of walking outdoors (OR=0.47, 95% CI 0.30-0.75) or indoors (OR=0.25, 95% CI 0.09-0.72) assisted to be associated with a smaller decrease in mobility level. Non-independent mobility level (OR=2.74, 95% CI 1.70-4.41) was associated with the need of more supported living arrangements. Living in assisted living accommodations (OR=0.23, 95% CI 0.12-0.44) was associated with less need for more supported living arrangements. Removal of the urinary catheter showed a protective association on both decline in mobility level (OR=0.45; 95% CI 0.29-0.70) and moving to a more supported living arrangement(OR=0.49,95% CI 0.31-0.77. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS Worsening of mobility was significant for independent mobilizers. Prefracture impaired mobility was associated with the need of more supported living arrangements. Living in an assisted living accommodation protected against institutionalization. The findings emphasize the importance of a prompt removal of the urinary catheter after hip fracture.
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- Hanna M Pajulammi
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Seinäjoki Central Hospital, Hanneksenrinne 7, 60220 Seinäjoki, Finland.
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- Division of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Seinäjoki Central Hospital, Hanneksenrinne 7, 60220 Seinäjoki, Finland; University of Tampere, Mediwest, Koskenalantie 16, 60220 Seinäjoki, Finland
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- Science Center, Pirkanmaa Hospital District, PL 2000, 33521 Tampere, Finland; School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, 33014 University of Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Seinäjoki Central Hospital, Hanneksenrinne 7, 60220 Seinäjoki, Finland
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Peterson MD, Al Snih S, Serra-Rexach JA, Burant C. Android Adiposity and Lack of Moderate and Vigorous Physical Activity Are Associated With Insulin Resistance and Diabetes in Aging Adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2015; 70:1009-17. [PMID: 25711528 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glv002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2014] [Accepted: 12/31/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Physical inactivity and excess adiposity are thought to be interdependent "lifestyle" factors and thus, many older adults are at exaggerated risk for preventable diseases. The purposes of this study were to determine the degree of discordance between body mass index (BMI) and adiposity among adults older than 50 years, and to determine the extent to which direct measures of adiposity, and objectively measured sedentary behavior (SB) and physical activity (PA) are associated with insulin resistance (IR) or diabetes. METHODS A population representative sample of 2,816 individuals, aged 50-85 years, was included from the combined 2003-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) datasets. BMI, percent body fat (%BF) and android adiposity as determined by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry, objectively measured SB and PA, established markers of cardiometabolic risk, IR, and type 2 diabetes were analyzed. RESULTS Approximately 50% of the men and 64% of the women who were normal weight according to BMI had excessive %BF. Adults with the least SB and greatest moderate and vigorous PA exhibited the healthiest cardiometabolic profiles, whereas adults with the greatest SB and lowest activity had highest risk. Greater android adiposity stores were robustly associated with IR or diabetes in all adults, independent of SB and activity. Among men, less moderate-to-vigorous PA was associated with IR or diabetes; whereas among women, less lifestyle moderate activity was associated with IR or diabetes. CONCLUSIONS Android adiposity and low moderate and vigorous PA are the strongest predictors of IR or diabetes among aging adults.
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- Mark D Peterson
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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- Division of Rehabilitation Sciences/School of Health Professions, Department of Internal Medicine/Division of Geriatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
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- Geriatric Department, Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Universidad Complutense, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan. Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan
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Arbeev KG, Akushevich I, Kulminski AM, Ukraintseva SV, Yashin AI. Joint Analyses of Longitudinal and Time-to-Event Data in Research on Aging: Implications for Predicting Health and Survival. Front Public Health 2014; 2:228. [PMID: 25414844 PMCID: PMC4222133 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2014] [Accepted: 10/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Longitudinal data on aging, health, and longevity provide a wealth of information to investigate different aspects of the processes of aging and development of diseases leading to death. Statistical methods aimed at analyses of time-to-event data jointly with longitudinal measurements became known as the "joint models" (JM). An important point to consider in analyses of such data in the context of studies on aging, health, and longevity is how to incorporate knowledge and theories about mechanisms and regularities of aging-related changes that accumulate in the research field into respective analytic approaches. In the absence of specific observations of longitudinal dynamics of relevant biomarkers manifesting such mechanisms and regularities, traditional approaches have a rather limited utility to estimate respective parameters that can be meaningfully interpreted from the biological point of view. A conceptual analytic framework for these purposes, the stochastic process model of aging (SPM), has been recently developed in the biodemographic literature. It incorporates available knowledge about mechanisms of aging-related changes, which may be hidden in the individual longitudinal trajectories of physiological variables and this allows for analyzing their indirect impact on risks of diseases and death. Despite, essentially, serving similar purposes, JM and SPM developed in parallel in different disciplines with very limited cross-referencing. Although there were several publications separately reviewing these two approaches, there were no publications presenting both these approaches in some detail. Here, we overview both approaches jointly and provide some new modifications of SPM. We discuss the use of stochastic processes to capture biological variation and heterogeneity in longitudinal patterns and important and promising (but still largely underused) applications of JM and SPM to predictions of individual and population mortality and health-related outcomes.
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- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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Rolland Y, Gallini A, Cristini C, Schott AM, Blain H, Beauchet O, Cesari M, Lauwers-Cances V. Body-composition predictors of mortality in women aged ≥ 75 y: data from a large population-based cohort study with a 17-y follow-up. Am J Clin Nutr 2014; 100:1352-60. [PMID: 25332333 DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.086728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The role of body composition as a risk factor for death remains controversial in older persons. OBJECTIVE We determined the role of body-composition variables in mortality in older women. DESIGN Longitudinal analyses were performed in a prospective cohort study of older women. Participants were 4574 community-dwelling women aged ≥ 75 y at the baseline visit (between January 1992 and April 1994). Several body-composition variables were assessed by using anthropometric measures and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry at the baseline visit. The main outcome was overall mortality. Body-composition variables were body mass index (BMI; in kg/m(2)), hip circumference, waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, fat mass/height(2), lean mass/height(2), percentage of fat mass, percentage of lean mass, and the lean mass:fat mass ratio. RESULTS The mean (± SD) age at baseline was 80.2 ± 3.8 y. During the 17.7 y (IQR: 17.2-18.1 y) of follow-up, 2876 women died. U-shaped in crude analyses and reversed J-shaped relations in adjusted analyses between BMI, hip and waist circumferences, fat mass/height(2), and risk of death were shown. Adjusted risk of death was significantly higher in participants with BMI ≤ 24.6 and fat mass/height(2) ≤ 8.2 kg/m(2). There was a negative linear association between fat mass (%) and risk of death: a 10% increase in fat mass was associated with a 12% reduction of mortality risk (adjusted HR: 0.88; 95% CI: 0.84, 0.92; P < 0.001). Linear and statistically significant relations were shown between lean mass/height(2) and risk of death in crude but not adjusted analyses. CONCLUSIONS Risk of mortality was consistently higher in older women with low adiposity. No lean mass indicator was associated with risk of death. Clinicians should be alerted by low adiposity in older women.
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- Yves Rolland
- From the Gerontopôle, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France (YR and MC); the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) Unité Mixte de Recherche 1027, University of Toulouse III, France (YR, AG, and MC); the Laboratory of Epidemiology and Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Toulouse, France (CC, AG, and VL-C); the Hospices Civils de Lyon, Pôle Information Médicale Evaluation Recherche, University of Lyon, INSERM U1033, Lyon, France (A-MS); the Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Montpellier University Hospital, University Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France (HB); and the Department of Neuroscience, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Unité Propre de Recherche et d'Enseignement Supérieur-Equipe d'Accueil 4638, Université Nantes Angers Le Mans, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France (OB)
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- From the Gerontopôle, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France (YR and MC); the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) Unité Mixte de Recherche 1027, University of Toulouse III, France (YR, AG, and MC); the Laboratory of Epidemiology and Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Toulouse, France (CC, AG, and VL-C); the Hospices Civils de Lyon, Pôle Information Médicale Evaluation Recherche, University of Lyon, INSERM U1033, Lyon, France (A-MS); the Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Montpellier University Hospital, University Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France (HB); and the Department of Neuroscience, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Unité Propre de Recherche et d'Enseignement Supérieur-Equipe d'Accueil 4638, Université Nantes Angers Le Mans, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France (OB)
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- From the Gerontopôle, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France (YR and MC); the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) Unité Mixte de Recherche 1027, University of Toulouse III, France (YR, AG, and MC); the Laboratory of Epidemiology and Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Toulouse, France (CC, AG, and VL-C); the Hospices Civils de Lyon, Pôle Information Médicale Evaluation Recherche, University of Lyon, INSERM U1033, Lyon, France (A-MS); the Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Montpellier University Hospital, University Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France (HB); and the Department of Neuroscience, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Unité Propre de Recherche et d'Enseignement Supérieur-Equipe d'Accueil 4638, Université Nantes Angers Le Mans, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France (OB)
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- From the Gerontopôle, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France (YR and MC); the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) Unité Mixte de Recherche 1027, University of Toulouse III, France (YR, AG, and MC); the Laboratory of Epidemiology and Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Toulouse, France (CC, AG, and VL-C); the Hospices Civils de Lyon, Pôle Information Médicale Evaluation Recherche, University of Lyon, INSERM U1033, Lyon, France (A-MS); the Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Montpellier University Hospital, University Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France (HB); and the Department of Neuroscience, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Unité Propre de Recherche et d'Enseignement Supérieur-Equipe d'Accueil 4638, Université Nantes Angers Le Mans, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France (OB)
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- From the Gerontopôle, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France (YR and MC); the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) Unité Mixte de Recherche 1027, University of Toulouse III, France (YR, AG, and MC); the Laboratory of Epidemiology and Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Toulouse, France (CC, AG, and VL-C); the Hospices Civils de Lyon, Pôle Information Médicale Evaluation Recherche, University of Lyon, INSERM U1033, Lyon, France (A-MS); the Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Montpellier University Hospital, University Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France (HB); and the Department of Neuroscience, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Unité Propre de Recherche et d'Enseignement Supérieur-Equipe d'Accueil 4638, Université Nantes Angers Le Mans, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France (OB)
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- From the Gerontopôle, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France (YR and MC); the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) Unité Mixte de Recherche 1027, University of Toulouse III, France (YR, AG, and MC); the Laboratory of Epidemiology and Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Toulouse, France (CC, AG, and VL-C); the Hospices Civils de Lyon, Pôle Information Médicale Evaluation Recherche, University of Lyon, INSERM U1033, Lyon, France (A-MS); the Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Montpellier University Hospital, University Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France (HB); and the Department of Neuroscience, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Unité Propre de Recherche et d'Enseignement Supérieur-Equipe d'Accueil 4638, Université Nantes Angers Le Mans, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France (OB)
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- From the Gerontopôle, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France (YR and MC); the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) Unité Mixte de Recherche 1027, University of Toulouse III, France (YR, AG, and MC); the Laboratory of Epidemiology and Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Toulouse, France (CC, AG, and VL-C); the Hospices Civils de Lyon, Pôle Information Médicale Evaluation Recherche, University of Lyon, INSERM U1033, Lyon, France (A-MS); the Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Montpellier University Hospital, University Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France (HB); and the Department of Neuroscience, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Unité Propre de Recherche et d'Enseignement Supérieur-Equipe d'Accueil 4638, Université Nantes Angers Le Mans, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France (OB)
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- From the Gerontopôle, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France (YR and MC); the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) Unité Mixte de Recherche 1027, University of Toulouse III, France (YR, AG, and MC); the Laboratory of Epidemiology and Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Toulouse, France (CC, AG, and VL-C); the Hospices Civils de Lyon, Pôle Information Médicale Evaluation Recherche, University of Lyon, INSERM U1033, Lyon, France (A-MS); the Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Montpellier University Hospital, University Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France (HB); and the Department of Neuroscience, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Unité Propre de Recherche et d'Enseignement Supérieur-Equipe d'Accueil 4638, Université Nantes Angers Le Mans, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France (OB)
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Funase Y, Fumisawa Y, Yamada M, Nishimura R, Oike Y, Toba K, Yazaki Y, Yokoyama T, Suzuki N, Seki K, Nishio SI, Hattori Y, Kamijo Y, Komatsu M, Yamauchi K, Aizawa T. V-shaped relationship between HbA1c and all-cause mortality in the elderly with type 2 diabetes. Eur Geriatr Med 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2014.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Flegal KM, Kit BK, Graubard BI. Body mass index categories in observational studies of weight and risk of death. Am J Epidemiol 2014; 180:288-96. [PMID: 24893710 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The World Health Organization (Geneva, Switzerland) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (Bethesda, Maryland) have developed standard categories of body mass index (BMI) (calculated as weight (kg)/height (m)(2)) of less than 18.5 (underweight), 18.5-24.9 (normal weight), 25.0-29.9 (overweight), and 30.0 or more (obesity). Nevertheless, studies of BMI and the risk of death sometimes use nonstandard BMI categories that vary across studies. In a meta-analysis of 8 large studies that used nonstandard BMI categories and were published between 1999 and 2014 and included 5.8 million participants, hazard ratios tended to be small throughout the range of overweight and normal weight. Risks were similar between subjects of high-normal weight (BMI of approximately 23.0-24.9) and those of low overweight (BMI of approximately 25.0-27.4). In an example using national survey data, minor variations in the reference category affected hazard ratios. For example, choosing high-normal weight (BMI of 23.0-24.9) instead of standard normal weight (BMI of 18.5-24.9) as the reference category produced higher nonsignificant hazard ratios (1.05 vs. 0.97 for men and 1.06 vs. 1.02 for women) for the standard overweight category (BMI of 25.0-29.9). Use of the standard BMI groupings avoids problems of ad hoc and post hoc category selection and facilitates between-study comparisons. The ways in which BMI data are categorized and reported may shape inferences about the degree of risk for various BMI categories.
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Lee Y, Kim J, Han ES, Ryu M, Cho Y, Chae S. Frailty and body mass index as predictors of 3-year mortality in older adults living in the community. Gerontology 2014; 60:475-82. [PMID: 24993678 DOI: 10.1159/000362330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2013] [Accepted: 03/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Frailty and body mass index (BMI) are known to be predictive of late life mortality, but little is known about the combined effects of frailty and BMI on mortality. OBJECTIVE This study investigated the influence of frailty status and BMI category on mortality in older adults. METHODS Data were from the Living Profiles of Older People Survey, a national survey of community-dwelling older people in Korea, with a baseline study of 11,844 Koreans aged 65 years and older in 2008 and a 3-year follow-up for mortality. Frailty was categorized as not frail, prefrail, and frail, based on five indicators (weight loss, exhaustion, physical activity, walking speed, and grip strength). BMI (kg/m(2)) was classified as underweight (<18.5), normal (18.5-24.9), overweight (25.0-29.9), or obese (≥30.0). A Cox proportional model was used to analyze the association of the combined frailty and BMI categories with all-cause mortality, adjusting for sociodemographics and health-related factors. RESULTS Adjusting for covariates, compared with the normal-weight nonfrail counterpart, the underweight or normal-weight prefrail/frail status demonstrated significantly increased rates of death. The obese frail respondents showed a significantly higher mortality risk (hazard ratio, 3.89; 95% confidence interval, 1.14-13.28). The overweight prefrail/frail group, however, exhibited no significant association with mortality. CONCLUSION Among older people who were of normal weight or underweight, greater frailty was associated with poorer survival. Whereas being overweight tended to be neutral of the influence of frailty on mortality, the obese frail exhibited a significantly elevated rate of death.
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- Yunhwan Lee
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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Chuang SY, Chang HY, Lee MS, Chia-Yu Chen R, Pan WH. Skeletal muscle mass and risk of death in an elderly population. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2014; 24:784-791. [PMID: 24529491 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2013.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2013] [Revised: 11/05/2013] [Accepted: 11/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Body mass index (BMI) has a U-shaped relationship with mortality among the elderly, in contrast to the general adult population. Skeletal muscle mass may be more appropriate than BMI for classifying mortality risk among the elderly. We investigated the relationship between skeletal muscle mass and mortality among elderly Chinese persons. METHOD AND RESULTS A total of 1512 elderly from the Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwanese Elderly (1999-2000) was enrolled, and the survival status was followed using data from the National Death Registry. The skeletal muscle mass index (SMMI) was calculated by dividing skeletal muscle mass by height in meters squared. The Cox proportional hazard model was used to estimate the association between SMMI and mortality. During the follow-up (average time: 7.9 years), one-third elderly died (n = 506) by any cause and 25% of them was cardiovascular mortality (ICD-9-CM: between 390 and 459). The total mortality and cardiovascular mortality were 4.23 and 1.07 per 100 person-years. Elderly participants with the lowest SMMI had the highest total mortality and cardiovascular mortality among the four quartiles (6.72, 3.76, 3.25 and 3.50 per 100 PY for total mortality; 1.81, 0.76, 0.87, 0.93 for cardiovascular mortality). Those with a low (1st quartile) SMMI had a 2-fold increase in total mortality (1.96; 1.63-2.35) and cardiovascular mortality (2.16; 1.51-3.08) risk compared to those with a normal [2nd, 3rd, or 4th quartile] SMMI. CONCLUSIONS The threshold relationship between SMMI and mortality is contrast to the reverse J-shaped relationship between BMI and total mortality. Therefore, skeletal muscle mass measurement may be considered with a high priority to identify elderly individuals with a high mortality risk.
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- S-Y Chuang
- Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan, ROC
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- School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan, ROC; Institute of Microbiology and Biochemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Institute of Biomedical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
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Winter JE, MacInnis RJ, Wattanapenpaiboon N, Nowson CA. BMI and all-cause mortality in older adults: a meta-analysis. Am J Clin Nutr 2014; 99:875-90. [PMID: 24452240 DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.068122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 456] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Whether the association between body mass index (BMI) and all-cause mortality for older adults is the same as for younger adults is unclear. OBJECTIVE The objective was to determine the association between BMI and all-cause mortality risk in adults ≥65 y of age. DESIGN A 2-stage random-effects meta-analysis was performed of studies published from 1990 to 2013 that reported the RRs of all-cause mortality for community-based adults aged ≥65 y. RESULTS Thirty-two studies met the inclusion criteria; these studies included 197,940 individuals with an average follow-up of 12 y. With the use of a BMI (in kg/m2) of 23.0-23.9 as the reference, there was a 12% greater risk of mortality for a BMI range of 21.0-21.9 and a 19% greater risk for a range of 20.0-20.9 [BMI of 21.0-21.9; HR (95% CI): 1.12 (1.10, 1.13); BMI of 20.0-20.9; HR (95% CI): 1.19 (1.17, 1.22)]. Mortality risk began to increase for BMI >33.0 [BMI of 33.0-33.9; HR (95% CI): 1.08 (1.00, 1.15)]. Self-reported anthropometric measurements, adjustment for intermediary factors, and exclusion of early deaths or preexisting disease did not markedly alter the associations, although there was a slight attenuation of the association in never-smokers. CONCLUSIONS For older populations, being overweight was not found to be associated with an increased risk of mortality; however, there was an increased risk for those at the lower end of the recommended BMI range for adults. Because the risk of mortality increased in older people with a BMI <23.0, it would seem appropriate to monitor weight status in this group to address any modifiable causes of weight loss promptly with due consideration of individual comorbidities.
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- Jane E Winter
- School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Melbourne, Australia (JEW, NW, and CAN); the Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (RJM); and the Centre for MEGA Epidemiology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (RJM)
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Olveira G, Tapia MJ, Ocón J, Cabrejas-Gómez C, Ballesteros-Pomar MD, Vidal-Casariego A, Arraiza-Irigoyen C, Olivares J, Conde-García MC, García-Manzanares Á, Botella-Romero F, Quílez-Toboso RP, Cabrerizo L, Rubio MA, Chicharro L, Burgos R, Pujante P, Ferrer M, Zugasti A, Manjón L, Diéguez M, Carrera MJ, Vila-Bundo A, Urgelés JR, Aragón-Valera C, Rovira A, Bretón I, García-Peris P, Muñoz-Garach A, Márquez E, Del Olmo D, Pereira JL, Tous MC. The Subjective Global Assessment Predicts In-Hospital Mortality Better than Other Nutrition-Related Risk Indexes in Noncritically Ill Inpatients Who Receive Total Parenteral Nutrition in Spain (Prospective Multicenter Study). J Acad Nutr Diet 2013; 113:1209-18. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2013.05.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2012] [Accepted: 05/23/2013] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Weight changes may be an important indicator of an ongoing pathological process. Retrospective self-report might be the only possibility to capture prior weight. The objective of the study was to evaluate the accuracy of retrospective recall of body weight in old age and factors that might predict accuracy. DESIGN AND METHODS In 2007, 646 participants (mean age, 71.6 years) of the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging (SATSA) answered questions about their present weight and how much they weighed 20-years ago. Of these, 436 had self-reported their weight twenty years earlier and among these 134 had also had their weight assessed at this time point. RESULTS Twenty year retrospectively recalled weight underestimated the prior assessed weight by -1.89 ± 5.9 kg and underestimated prior self-reported weight by -0.55 ± 5.2 kg. Moreover, 82.4% of the sample were accurate within 10%, and 45.8% were accurate within 5% of their prior assessed weights; similarly, 84.2% and 58.0% were accurate within 10% and 5% respectively, for prior self-reported weight. Current higher body mass index and preferences of reporting weights ending with zero or five was associated with an underestimation of prior weight, while greater weight change over 20 years, and low Mini-Mental State Scores (MMSE) (<25) led to an overestimation of prior weight. CONCLUSIONS Recalled weight comes close to the assessed population mean, but at the individual level there is a large variation. The accuracy is affected by current BMI, changes in weight, end-digit preferences, and current cognitive ability. Recalled weight should be used with caution.
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- Anna K Dahl
- Deparment of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Beleigoli AM, Boersma E, Diniz MDFH, Lima-Costa MF, Ribeiro AL. Overweight and class I obesity are associated with lower 10-year risk of mortality in Brazilian older adults: the Bambuí Cohort Study of Ageing. PLoS One 2012; 7:e52111. [PMID: 23251690 PMCID: PMC3522641 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2012] [Accepted: 11/14/2012] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Background Prospective studies mostly with European and North-American populations have shown inconsistent results regarding the association of overweight/obesity and mortality in older adults. Our aim was to investigate the relationship between overweight/ obesity and mortality in an elderly Brazilian population. Methods and Findings Participants were 1,450 (90.2% from total) individuals aged 60 years and over from the community-based Bambuí (Brazil) Cohort Study of Ageing. From 1997 to 2007, 521 participants died and 89 were lost, leading to 12,905 person-years of observation. Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) were assessed at baseline and at the 3rd and 5th years of follow-up. Multiple imputation was performed to deal with missing values. Hazard ratios (HR) of mortality for BMI or WC alone (continuous and categorical), and BMI and WC together (continuous) were estimated by extended Cox regression models, which were fitted for clinical, socioeconomic and behavioral confounders. Adjusted absolute rates of death at 10-year follow-up were estimated for the participants with complete data at baseline. Continuous BMI (HR 0.85; 95% CI 0.80–0.90) was inversely related to mortality, even after exclusion of smokers (HR 0.85; 0.80–0.90), and participants who had weight variation and died within the first 5 years of follow-up (HR 0.83; CI 95% 0.73–0.94). Overweight (BMI 25–30 kg/m2) was inversely (HR 0.76; 95%CI 0.61–0.93) and obesity (BMI ≥30 kg/m2; HR 0.85; 95% CI 0.64–1.14) not significantly associated with mortality. Subjects with BMI between 25–35 kg/m2 (23.8–25.9%) had the lowest absolute rates of death at 10-years follow-up. The association between WC and death was not significant, except after adjusting WC for BMI levels, when the relationship turned into marginally positive (HR 1.01; CI 95% 1.00–1.02). Conclusions The usual BMI and WC cut-off points should not be used to guide public health and clinical weight control interventions in elderly in Brazil.
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- Alline M Beleigoli
- Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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Guerdjikova AI, O'Melia AM, Mori N, McCoy J, McElroy SL. Binge eating disorder in elderly individuals. Int J Eat Disord 2012; 45:905-8. [PMID: 22576715 DOI: 10.1002/eat.22028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/11/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To preliminarily describe the clinical features of elderly individuals with binge eating disorder (BED). METHOD The psychological and general medical characteristics of 20 elderly individuals (65 years of age and older) who met DSM-IV-TR for BED were systematically evaluated. RESULTS Elderly individuals with BED reported an average (SD) of 4.5 (2.9) binge eating episodes per week. Weight and shape concerns were of significant importance for participants' schema for self-evaluation. Mood disorders were the most frequent co-occurring psychiatric disorders. Despite having a mean (SD) body mass index of 36.4 (10.6), most participants presented in good general medical health. DISCUSSION Regarding eating pathology, psychiatric comorbidity, and associated obesity, BED in this group of elderly individuals was similar to BED in younger adults. However, other than presenting with obesity, the participants reported good general medical health. BED might be a problem for a subset of physically healthy elderly individuals. Studies further examining psychiatric and medical presentation, including metabolic profile, of elderly individuals with BED may be warranted.
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Yashin AI, Arbeev KG, Ukraintseva SV, Akushevich I, Kulminski A. Patterns of Aging-Related Changes on the Way to 100. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1080/10920277.2012.10597640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Yashin AI, Arbeev KG, Akushevich I, Kulminski A, Ukraintseva SV, Stallard E, Land KC. The quadratic hazard model for analyzing longitudinal data on aging, health, and the life span. Phys Life Rev 2012; 9:177-88; discussion 195-7. [PMID: 22633776 PMCID: PMC3392540 DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2012.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2012] [Accepted: 05/15/2012] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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A better understanding of processes and mechanisms linking human aging with changes in health status and survival requires methods capable of analyzing new data that take into account knowledge about these processes accumulated in the field. In this paper, we describe an approach to analyses of longitudinal data based on the use of stochastic process models of human aging, health, and longevity which allows for incorporating state of the art advances in aging research into the model structure. In particular, the model incorporates the notions of resistance to stresses, adaptive capacity, and "optimal" (normal) physiological states. To capture the effects of exposure to persistent external disturbances, the notions of allostatic adaptation and allostatic load are introduced. These notions facilitate the description and explanation of deviations of individuals' physiological indices from their normal states, which increase the chances of disease development and death. The model provides a convenient conceptual framework for comprehensive systemic analyses of aging-related changes in humans using longitudinal data and linking these changes with genotyping profiles, morbidity, and mortality risks. The model is used for developing new statistical methods for analyzing longitudinal data on aging, health, and longevity.
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- A I Yashin
- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, United States.
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Dong HJ, Unosson M, Wressle E, Marcusson J. Health consequences associated with being overweight or obese: a Swedish population-based study of 85-year-olds. J Am Geriatr Soc 2012; 60:243-50. [PMID: 22283806 DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03827.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine whether being overweight or obese is associated with significant health outcomes in an 85-year-old population. DESIGN A cross-sectional population-based study. SETTING Linköping, Sweden. PARTICIPANTS Three hundred thirty-eight people born in 1922 were identified using the local authority's register. MEASUREMENTS Data related to sociodemographic characteristics, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), assistance use, and the presence of diseases were collected using a postal questionnaire. Anthropometry and functional status were assessed during home and geriatric clinic visits. Diseases were double-checked in the electronic medical records, and information about health service consumption was obtained from the local healthcare register. RESULTS Overweight (body mass index (BMI) 25.0-29.9 kg/m(2)) and obese (BMI ≥ 30.0 kg/m(2)) participants perceived more difficulty performing instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) and had more comorbidity than their normal-weight counterparts (BMI 18.5-24.9 kg/m(2)), but their overall HRQoL and health service costs did not differ from those of normal-weight participants. After controlling for sociodemographic factors, being overweight did not influence IADLs or any comorbidity, but obese participants were more likely to perceive greater difficulty in performing outdoor activities (odds ratio (OR) = 2.1, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.1-4) and cleaning (OR = 2.2, 95% CI = 1.2-4.2) than their normal-weight counterparts. Although obesity was also associated with multimorbidity (OR = 3, 95% CI = 1.2-8), the health service cost of each case of multimorbidity (n = 251) was highest in normal-weight participants and nearly three times as much as in obese participants (ratio: 2.9, 95% CI = 1.1-8.1). CONCLUSION For 85-year-olds, being obese, as opposed to overweight, is associated with self-reported activity limitations and comorbidities. Overweight older adults living in their own homes in this population had well-being similar to that of those with normal weight.
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- Huan-Ji Dong
- Division of Geriatrics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
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Kim HK, Suzuki T, Saito K, Yoshida H, Kobayashi H, Kato H, Katayama M. Effects of Exercise and Amino Acid Supplementation on Body Composition and Physical Function in Community-Dwelling Elderly Japanese Sarcopenic Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Am Geriatr Soc 2011; 60:16-23. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03776.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 352] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Hun Kyung Kim
- Research Team for Promoting Independence of the Elderly; Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology; Tokyo; Japan
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- National Institute for Longevity Sciences; Aichi; Japan
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- Research Team for Promoting Independence of the Elderly; Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology; Tokyo; Japan
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- Research Team for Promoting Independence of the Elderly; Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology; Tokyo; Japan
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Kulminski AM. Complex phenotypes and phenomenon of genome-wide inter-chromosomal linkage disequilibrium in the human genome. Exp Gerontol 2011; 46:979-86. [PMID: 21907271 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2011.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2011] [Revised: 07/29/2011] [Accepted: 08/23/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Studies of non-human species show that loci on non-homologous chromosomes can be in linkage disequilibrium (LD). I focus on the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) participants to explore whether the phenomenon of inter-chromosomal LD can be caused by non-stochastic bio-genetic mechanisms in the human genome and be associated with complex, polygenic phenotypes. This paper documents remarkably strong and extensive LD among SNPs at loci on multiple non-homologous chromosomes genotyped using two independent (Affymetrix 50K and 500K) arrays. The analyses provided compelling evidences that the observed inter-chromosomal LD was unlikely generated by stochasticity, population or family structure, or mis-genotyping. The analyses show that this LD is associated with complex heritable phenotypes characterizing poor health. The inter-chromosomal LD was observed in parental and offspring generations of the FHS participants. These findings suggest that inter-chromosomal LD can be caused by bio-genetic mechanisms possibly associated with favorable or unfavorable epistatic evolution. This phenomenon can challenge our understanding of the role of genes and gene networks in regulating complex, polygenic phenotypes in humans.
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With increasing life expectancy in developed and developing countries, maintaining health and function in old age has become an important goal, including avoidance or optimal control of chronic diseases; maintenance or retarding the decline of physical and cognitive function; optimizing psychological health; and maintaining independent functioning in tasks related to self-care and societal interaction. This article discusses all of those, as well as other components of successful aging such as social network and socioeconomic status.
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- Jean Woo
- Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Johnson MA, Dwyer JT, Jensen GL, Miller JW, Speakman JR, Starke-Reed P, Volpi E. Challenges and new opportunities for clinical nutrition interventions in the aged. J Nutr 2011; 141:535-41. [PMID: 21270372 PMCID: PMC3138222 DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.131425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Nutritional status plays a critical role in the prevention and management of many chronic health conditions that are common in the elderly and are likely to become more prevalent as the population ages. This paper highlights several aspects of nutrition that require additional basic science and clinical application research to improve the health and well-being of older adults. Topics addressed are selected demographic and health indices, the uncertain benefits of energy restriction in aged humans compared with other species, the impact of food insecurity on health, the relationship between dietary protein and sarcopenia, the prevention and management of obesity while maintaining muscle mass and functional status, and controversy regarding high intakes of folic acid. Research needs regarding the safety, efficacy, and application of clinical interventions related to these topics also are discussed.
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- Mary Ann Johnson
- Department of Foods and Nutrition, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
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- Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
- Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111
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- Department of Nutritional Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
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- Department of Medical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95817
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- Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2TZ, Scotland
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- Division of Nutrition Research Coordination, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555
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Zajacova A, Dowd JB, Burgard SA. Overweight adults may have the lowest mortality--do they have the best health? Am J Epidemiol 2011; 173:430-7. [PMID: 21228416 PMCID: PMC3900866 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2010] [Accepted: 10/11/2010] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Numerous recent studies have found that overweight adults experience lower overall mortality than those who are underweight, normal-weight, or obese. These highly publicized findings imply that overweight may be the optimal weight category for overall health via its association with longevity-a conclusion with important public health implications. In this study, the authors examined the association between body mass index (BMI; (weight (kg)/height (m)(2))) and 3 markers of health risks using a nationally representative sample of US adults aged 20-80 years (n = 9,255) from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2005-2008). Generalized additive models, a type of semiparametric regression model, were used to examine the relations between BMI and biomarkers of inflammation, metabolic function, and cardiovascular function (C-reactive protein, hemoglobin A(1c), and high density lipoprotein cholesterol, respectively). The association between BMI and each biomarker was monotonic, with higher BMI being consistently associated with worse health risk profiles at all ages, in contrast to the U-shaped relation between BMI and mortality. Prior results suggesting that the overweight BMI category corresponds to the lowest risk of mortality may not be generalizable to indicators of health risk.
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- Anna Zajacova
- Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA.
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Bacon L, Aphramor L. Weight science: evaluating the evidence for a paradigm shift. Nutr J 2011; 10:9. [PMID: 21261939 PMCID: PMC3041737 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-10-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 274] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2010] [Accepted: 01/24/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Current guidelines recommend that "overweight" and "obese" individuals lose weight through engaging in lifestyle modification involving diet, exercise and other behavior change. This approach reliably induces short term weight loss, but the majority of individuals are unable to maintain weight loss over the long term and do not achieve the putative benefits of improved morbidity and mortality. Concern has arisen that this weight focus is not only ineffective at producing thinner, healthier bodies, but may also have unintended consequences, contributing to food and body preoccupation, repeated cycles of weight loss and regain, distraction from other personal health goals and wider health determinants, reduced self-esteem, eating disorders, other health decrement, and weight stigmatization and discrimination. This concern has drawn increased attention to the ethical implications of recommending treatment that may be ineffective or damaging. A growing trans-disciplinary movement called Health at Every Size (HAES) challenges the value of promoting weight loss and dieting behavior and argues for a shift in focus to weight-neutral outcomes. Randomized controlled clinical trials indicate that a HAES approach is associated with statistically and clinically relevant improvements in physiological measures (e.g., blood pressure, blood lipids), health behaviors (e.g., eating and activity habits, dietary quality), and psychosocial outcomes (such as self-esteem and body image), and that HAES achieves these health outcomes more successfully than weight loss treatment and without the contraindications associated with a weight focus. This paper evaluates the evidence and rationale that justifies shifting the health care paradigm from a conventional weight focus to HAES.
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Age trajectories of physiological indices in relation to healthy life course. Mech Ageing Dev 2011; 132:93-102. [PMID: 21262255 DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2011.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2010] [Revised: 12/22/2010] [Accepted: 01/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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We analysed relationship between the risk of onset of "unhealthy life" (defined as the onset of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, or diabetes) and longitudinal changes in body mass index, diastolic blood pressure, hematocrit, pulse pressure, pulse rate, and serum cholesterol in the Framingham Heart Study (Original Cohort) using the stochastic process model of human mortality and aging. The analyses demonstrate how decline in resistance to stresses and adaptive capacity accompanying human aging can be evaluated from longitudinal data. We showed how these components of the aging process, as well as deviation of the trajectories of physiological indices from those minimising the risk at respective ages, can lead to an increase in the risk of onset of unhealthy life with age. The results indicate the presence of substantial gender difference in aging related decline in stress resistance and adaptive capacity, which can contribute to differences in the shape of the sex-specific patterns of incidence rates of aging related diseases.
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Mehta NK, Chang VW. Secular declines in the association between obesity and mortality in the United States. POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW 2011; 37:435-51. [PMID: 22110257 PMCID: PMC3220918 DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2011.00429.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Recent research suggests that rising obesity will restrain future gains in US life expectancy and that obesity is an important contributor to the current shortfall in us longevity compared to other high-income countries. Estimates of the contribution of obesity to current and future national-level mortality patterns are sensitive to estimates of the magnitude of the association between obesity and mortality at the individual level. We assessed secular trends in the obesity/mortality association among cohorts of middle-aged adults between 1948 and 2006 using three long-running US data sources: the Framingham Heart Study, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, and the National Health Interview Survey. We find substantial declines over time in the magnitude of the association between obesity and overall mortality and, in certain instances, cardiovascular-specific mortality. We conclude that estimates of the contribution of obesity to current national-level mortality patterns should take into account recent reductions in the magnitude of the obesity and mortality association.
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- Neil K Mehta
- University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor
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Dynamic determinants of longevity and exceptional health. Curr Gerontol Geriatr Res 2010. [PMID: 20953403 PMCID: PMC2952789 DOI: 10.1155/2010/381637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2010] [Revised: 07/12/2010] [Accepted: 09/01/2010] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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It is well known from epidemiology that values of indices describing physiological state in a given age may influence human morbidity and mortality risks. Studies of connection between aging and life span suggest a possibility that dynamic properties of age trajectories of the physiological indices could also be important contributors to morbidity and mortality risks. In this paper we use data on longitudinal changes in body mass index, diastolic blood pressure, pulse pressure, pulse rate, blood glucose, hematocrit, and serum cholesterol in the Framingham Heart Study participants, to investigate this possibility in depth. We found that some of the variables describing individual dynamics of the age-associated changes in physiological indices influence human longevity and exceptional health more substantially than the variables describing physiological state. These newly identified variables are promising targets for prevention aiming to postpone onsets of common elderly diseases and increase longevity.
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Prevention of overweight and obesity: how effective is the current public health approach. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2010. [PMID: 20617002 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7030765.] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Obesity is a public health problem that has become epidemic worldwide. Substantial literature has emerged to show that overweight and obesity are major causes of co-morbidities, including type II diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, various cancers and other health problems, which can lead to further morbidity and mortality. The related health care costs are also substantial. Therefore, a public health approach to develop population-based strategies for the prevention of excess weight gain is of great importance. However, public health intervention programs have had limited success in tackling the rising prevalence of obesity. This paper reviews the definition of overweight and obesity and the variations with age and ethnicity; health consequences and factors contributing to the development of obesity; and critically reviews the effectiveness of current public health strategies for risk factor reduction and obesity prevention.
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Chan RS, Woo J. Prevention of overweight and obesity: how effective is the current public health approach. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2010; 7:765-83. [PMID: 20617002 PMCID: PMC2872299 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7030765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2010] [Accepted: 02/25/2010] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Obesity is a public health problem that has become epidemic worldwide. Substantial literature has emerged to show that overweight and obesity are major causes of co-morbidities, including type II diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, various cancers and other health problems, which can lead to further morbidity and mortality. The related health care costs are also substantial. Therefore, a public health approach to develop population-based strategies for the prevention of excess weight gain is of great importance. However, public health intervention programs have had limited success in tackling the rising prevalence of obesity. This paper reviews the definition of overweight and obesity and the variations with age and ethnicity; health consequences and factors contributing to the development of obesity; and critically reviews the effectiveness of current public health strategies for risk factor reduction and obesity prevention.
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- Ruth S.M Chan
- Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; E-Mail:
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- Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; E-Mail:
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"Predicting" parental longevity from offspring endophenotypes: data from the Long Life Family Study (LLFS). Mech Ageing Dev 2010; 131:215-22. [PMID: 20184914 DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2010.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2009] [Revised: 01/04/2010] [Accepted: 02/14/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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While there is evidence that longevity runs in families, the study of long-lived families is complicated by the fact that longevity-related information is available only for the oldest old, many of whom may be deceased and unavailable for testing, and information on other living family members, primarily descendents, is censored. This situation requires a creative approach for analyzing determinants of longevity in families. There are likely biomarkers that predict an individual's longevity, suggesting the possibility that those biomarkers which are heritable may constitute valuable endophenotypes for exceptional survival. These endophenotypes could be studied in families to identify human longevity genes and elucidate possible mechanisms of their influence on longevity. In this paper, we analyze data collected in the Long Life Family Study (LLFS) investigating whether indicators of physiological state, cognitive functioning and health/well-being among offspring predict longevity in parents. Good predictors can be used as endophenotypes for exceptional survival. Our analyses revealed significant associations between cumulative indices describing physiological state, as well as a number of offspring phenotypes, and parental lifespan, supporting both their familial basis and relevance to longevity. We conclude that the study of endophenotypes within families is a valid approach to the genetics of human longevity.
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McAuley PA, Kokkinos PF, Oliveira RB, Emerson BT, Myers JN. Obesity paradox and cardiorespiratory fitness in 12,417 male veterans aged 40 to 70 years. Mayo Clin Proc 2010; 85:115-21. [PMID: 20118386 PMCID: PMC2813818 DOI: 10.4065/mcp.2009.0562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the influence of cardiorespiratory fitness (fitness) on the obesity paradox in middle-aged men with known or suspected coronary artery disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study consists of 12,417 men aged 40 to 70 years (44% African American) who were referred for exercise testing at the Veterans Affairs Medical Centers in Washington, DC, or Palo Alto, CA (between January 1, 1983, and June 30, 2007). Fitness was quantified as metabolic equivalents achieved during a maximal exercise test and was categorized for analysis as low, moderate, and high (defined as <5, 5-10, and >10 metabolic equivalents, respectively). Adiposity was defined by body mass index (BMI) according to standard clinical guidelines. Separate and combined associations of fitness and adiposity with all-cause mortality were assessed by Cox proportional hazards analyses. RESULTS We recorded 2801 deaths during a mean+/-SD follow-up of 7.7+/-5.3 years. Multivariate hazard ratios (95% confidence interval) for all-cause mortality, with normal weight (BMI, 18.5-24.9 kg/m2) used as the reference group, were 1.9 (1.5-2.3), 0.7 (0.7-0.8), 0.7 (0.6-0.7), and 1.0 (0.8-1.1) for BMIs of less than 18.5, 25.0 to 29.9, 30.0 to 34.9, and 35.0 or more kg/m2, respectively. Compared with highly fit normal-weight men, underweight men with low fitness had the highest (4.5 [3.1-6.6]) and highly fit overweight men the lowest (0.4 [0.3-0.6]) mortality risk of any subgroup. Overweight and obese men with moderate fitness had mortality rates similar to those of the highly fit normal-weight reference group. CONCLUSION Fitness altered the obesity paradox. Overweight and obese men had increased longevity only if they registered high fitness.
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- Paul A McAuley
- Department of Human Performance and Sport Sciences, Winston-Salem State University, 601 S Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Anderson C 24-E, Winston-Salem, NC 27110, USA.
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Flicker L, McCaul KA, Hankey GJ, Jamrozik K, Brown WJ, Byles JE, Almeida OP. Body Mass Index and Survival in Men and Women Aged 70 to 75. J Am Geriatr Soc 2010; 58:234-41. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02677.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The present review is intended to provide a critical overview of recent investigations of obesity among older persons with emphasis upon associated functional limitations, potential for intervention, and a future research agenda. RECENT FINDINGS Obesity is growing in prevalence among older persons. The association between obesity and functional decline is well documented. Recent findings suggest possible contributions of obesity-associated inflammatory milieu, sarcopenia, and impairment of muscle function/strength to adverse functional outcomes. A growing body of literature supports consideration of moderate weight reduction to secure improved metabolic and functional parameters for obese older persons. SUMMARY Obesity is associated with an unfortunate burden of chronic disease, functional limitation, and poor life quality. In view of the growing numbers of afflicted older individuals, there must be research priority to discern how obesity impacts function so that appropriate prevention and treatment strategies may be adopted.
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- Gordon L Jensen
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.
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Evidence based practice guidelines for the nutritional management of malnutrition in adult patients across the continuum of care. Nutr Diet 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2009.01383.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Guallar-Castillón P, Balboa-Castillo T, López-García E, León-Muñoz LM, Gutiérrez-Fisac JL, Banegas JR, Rodríguez-Artalejo F. BMI, waist circumference, and mortality according to health status in the older adult population of Spain. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2009; 17:2232-8. [PMID: 19360008 DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Among the explanations proposed for the weak and inconsistent association between BMI and mortality in the elderly are the lack of adjustment for waist circumference (WC) and that the association varies with health status. This work examines the independent association of BMI and WC with mortality in older adults, and the influence of health status on this association. A cohort of 3,536 persons representative of the Spanish population aged >or=60 years was selected in 2000 and 2001, and followed prospectively until 2007. The analyses were performed with Cox models and adjusted for the main confounders. During follow-up, 659 persons died (18.6% of the cohort). Before adjusting for WC, mortality in the upper quartile of BMI was 15% lower than in the lower quartile (hazard ratio (HR): 0.85; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.66-1.08; P for linear trend = 0.076). After adjusting for WC, the association was even stronger, so that mortality in the upper quartile of BMI was 37% lower than in the lower quartile (HR: 0.63; 95% CI: 0.45-0.88; P for linear trend < 0.003). Before adjusting for BMI, no association was observed between WC and mortality. After adjusting for BMI, WC was positively associated with mortality (HR for upper vs. lower quartile of WC: 1.48; 95% CI: 1.07-2.05; P for linear trend = 0.008). These associations were mainly observed in those with limitations in mobility and agility. BMI has an inverse, and WC has a direct, independent association with mortality in older adults, particularly in those with worse health status.
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- Pilar Guallar-Castillón
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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Stessman J, Jacobs JM, Ein-Mor E, Bursztyn M. Normal body mass index rather than obesity predicts greater mortality in elderly people: the Jerusalem longitudinal study. J Am Geriatr Soc 2009; 57:2232-8. [PMID: 19925614 DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02567.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To examine the association between body mass index (BMI) and mortality in older people. DESIGN A longitudinal cohort study of an age-homogenous, representative sample born in 1920/21. SETTING Community-based home assessments. PARTICIPANTS West Jerusalem residents born in 1920/21 examined at baseline in 1990 (n=447), with additional recruitment waves in 1998 (n=870) and 2005 (n=1,086). MEASUREMENTS Comprehensive assessment of health variables including BMI (m/kg(2)) at ages 70, 78, and 85. The primary outcome of mortality was collected from age 70 to 88 (1990-2008). Adjusted Cox proportional hazards analysis was used to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) for mortality according to unit increase in BMI. RESULTS A unit increase in BMI in women resulted in HRs of 0.94, (95% confidence interval (CI)=0.89-0.99) at age 70, 0.95 (95% CI=0.91-0.98) at age 78, and 0.91 (95% CI=0.86-0.98) at age 85. Similarly, in men, HRs were 0.99 (95% CI=0.95-1.05) at age 70, 0.94 (95% CI=0.91-0.98) at age 78, and 0.91 (95% CI=0.86-0.98) at age 85. A time-dependent analysis of 450 subjects followed for 18 years confirmed the above findings; a unit increase in BMI resulted in HRs of 0.93 (95% CI=0.87-0.99) in women and 0.93(95% CI=0.88-0.98) in men. Eliminating the first third of follow-up mortality to account for possibility of reverse causality did not change the results. CONCLUSION Higher BMI was associated with lower mortality from age 70 to 88.
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- Jochanan Stessman
- Department of Geriatrics and Rehabilitation, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount-Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel
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Berraho M, Nejjari C, Raherison C, El Achhab Y, Tachfouti N, Serhier Z, Dartigues JF, Barberger-Gateau P. Body mass index, disability, and 13-year mortality in older French adults. J Aging Health 2009; 22:68-83. [PMID: 19920206 DOI: 10.1177/0898264309349422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between mortality and BMI in older people, taking into account other established mortality risk factors. METHODS A total of 3,646 French community dwellers aged 65 years and older from PAQUID cohort study were included. Cox proportional-hazards analysis was used to assess association between BMI and mortality. RESULTS Death occurred in 54.1% of the cohort more than 13 years: 68.99% of the underweight (BMI <19), 52.13% of the obese (BMI >30), 51.66% of the overweight (BMI 25-30), and 51.79% of the reference participants (BMI 22-25) died.The relative risk of death as a function of BMI, adjusted for gender and age, formed a U-shaped pattern, with larger risks associated with lower BMI (<22.0) and for BMI of 25.0 to 30.0 and BMI >/=30. (BMI 22.0-24.9 was the reference.) After adjustment for demographic factors, smoking history, and comorbidity, increased mortality risk persisted in underweight older people, BMI <18.5 and BMI 18.5-22 (respectively, HR = 1.45, 95% CI 1.17-1.78; HR = 1.27, 95% CI 1.12-1.43) compared with reference. Overweight (BMI 25-29.9) and obesity (>/=30) were not associated with increased mortality compared with the reference category (respectively, HR = 0.98, 95% IC 0.88-1.10; HR = 1.06, 95% IC 0.89-1.27). Similar relationships persisted for disabled participant. For nondisabled participant disability did not alter the associations for BMI of 25.0 and higher but for BMI less than 22.0, the risks become insignificantly different from those for the reference group. DISCUSSION BMI below 22 kg/ m(2) is a risk factor for 13-year mortality in older people, but our findings suggest that overweight and obesity may not be associated to mortality after adjustment for established mortality risk factors.
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- Mohamed Berraho
- Department of Epidemiology, Clinical Research and Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Fez University, BP 1893, Km 2.2 Route Sidi Hrazem, Fez, Morocco.
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Mehta NK, Chang VW. Mortality attributable to obesity among middle-aged adults in the United States. Demography 2009; 46:851-72. [PMID: 20084832 PMCID: PMC2831354 DOI: 10.1353/dem.0.0077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Obesity is considered a major cause of premature mortality and a potential threat to the longstanding secular decline in mortality in the United States. We measure relative and attributable risks associated with obesity among middle-aged adults using data from the Health and Retirement Study (1992-2004). Although class II/III obesity (BMI > or = or = 35.0 kg/m2) increases mortality by 40% in females and 62% in males compared with normal BMI (BMI = 18.5-24.9), class I obesity (BMI = 30.0-34.9) and being overweight (BMI = 25.0-29.9) are not associated with excess mortality. With respect to attributable mortality, class II/III obesity (BMI > or = 35.0) is responsible for approximately 4% of deaths among females and 3% of deaths among males. Obesity is often compared with cigarette smoking as a major source of avoidable mortality. Smoking-attributable mortality is much larger in this cohort: about 36% in females and 50% in males. Results are robust to confounding by preexisting diseases, multiple dimensions of socioeconomic status (SES), smoking, and other correlates. These findings challenge the viewpoint that obesity will stem the long-term secular decline in U.S. mortality.
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- Neil K Mehta
- University of Michigan, School of Public Health, 3628 SPH Tower, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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Gulsvik AK, Thelle DS, Mowé M, Wyller TB. Increased mortality in the slim elderly: a 42 years follow-up study in a general population. Eur J Epidemiol 2009; 24:683-90. [PMID: 19777355 DOI: 10.1007/s10654-009-9390-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2009] [Accepted: 09/12/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The Bergen Clinical Blood Pressure Study in Norway was used to examine the relationship between body mass index (BMI (kg/m(2))) and total mortality in different age segments. Of 6,811 invited subjects, 5,653 (84%) participated in the study (1965-1971) and 4,520 (66%) died during 182,798 person-years of follow-up (1965-2007). Mean age at baseline was 47.5 years; range 22-75 years. BMI (kg/m(2)) was calculated from standardized measurements of body height and weight and divided into four groups (<22.0, 22.0-24.9, 25.0-27.9, > or =28.0). The 20 years cumulative risk of death related to baseline BMI was U-shaped in the elderly (aged 65-75 years), whereas the pattern was more linear in the youngest age group (20-44 years). In contrast to the younger age groups, the highest mortality in the elderly was in the lower BMI range (<22.0 kg/m(2)) (adjusted Cox proportional Hazard Ratio 1.39, 95% Confidence Interval 1.10, 1.75) compared to the BMI reference group (22.0-24.9 kg/m(2)). This pattern persisted after 72 months of early follow-up exclusion and it was robust to adjustments for a wide range of possible confounders including gender, history of cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease or hypertension, smoking habits, physical activity, socioeconomic status, physical appearance and other anthropometric measures. The study shows that a low BMI is an appreciable independent risk factor of total mortality in the elderly, and not a result of subclinical disease or confounding factors such as current or previous smoking. Awareness of this issue ought to be emphasized in advice, care and treatment of elderly subjects.
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- Anne K Gulsvik
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Ullevaal University Hospital, University of Oslo, 0407, Oslo, Norway.
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