Associations of Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference with 3-Year All-Cause Mortality Among the Oldest Old: Evidence from a  Chinese Community-Based Prospective Cohort Study

Current international and national guidelines for body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) have been recommended to all adults. However, whether recommendations applied to the oldest old (aged 80+) is poorly known. The study objective was to investigate the relation of BMI and WC with 3-year all-cause mortality among the oldest old.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - May 25, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Yue-Bin Lv, Simin Liu, Zhao-Xue Yin, Xiang Gao, Virginia Byers Kraus, Chen Mao, Jin-Qiu Yuan, Juan Zhang, Jie-Si Luo, Hua-Shuai Chen, Yi Zeng, Xiao-Ming Shi Tags: Original Study Source Type: research