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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY
卷 49, 期 7, 页码 968-979出版社
BLACKWELL SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49189.x
关键词
body mass index (BMI); obesity; mortality; older individuals; Cox proportional hazard regression
资金
- NHLBI NIH HHS [5 K14 HL03163] Funding Source: Medline
OBJECTIVE: To determine the excess mortality associated with obesity (defined by body mass index (BMI)) in older people, with and without adjustment for other risk factors associated with mortality and for demographic factors. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort analysis of the Longitudinal Study of Aging (LSOA). SETTING: Nationally representative sample of community-dwelling older people. PARTICIPANTS: Seven thousand five hundred and twenty-seven participants age 70 and older in 1984. MEASUREMENTS: We used Cox regression to calculate proportional hazards ratios for mortality over 96 months. We tested the hypothesis that increased BMI (top 15 %) increased mortality rates in older people. RESULTS: Death occurred in 38% of the cohort: 54% of the thin (lowest 10% of the population, BMI < 19.4 kg/m(2)), 33% of the obese (highest 15%, BMI > 28.5 kg/m(2)), and 37% of the remaining participants (normal) died. Adjustment for demographic factors, health services utilization, and functional status still demonstrated reduced mortality in obese older people (hazard ratio 0.86, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.77-0.97) compared with normal. After adjustment, thin older people remained more likely to die (hazard ratio 1.46, 95% CI = 1.30-1.64) than normal older people. Sensitivity analyses for income, mortality during the first two years of follow-up, and medical comorbidities did not substantively alter the conclusions. CONCLUSION: Obesity may be protective compared with thinness or normal weight in older community-dwelling Americans.
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