Age, body mass index, and functional illness - Ferraro, Booth - 1999 () Citation Context ...ntley, Bales, & Fillenbaum, 1994). Thus, excluding underweight subjects from analyses or using a linear form of BMI may not provide an accurate assessment of the effect of body weight on ...
The aim of this study was to assess the effect of ethnicity on the association between age and body mass index as well as the prevalence of diabetes. We se
This study examines the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and selected measures of functional illness and whether the relationship between BMI and these outcomes is stronger in advanced ages. Methods. Four measures of functional illness were examined in a national, longitudinal survey of non...
We evaluated the associations of body mass index (BMI) at age 18 years and recent BMI in relation to risk of breast cancer overall and ER/PR/HER2-defined subtypes, in 6320 women (3934 case-patient participants, 2386 control participants) aged 35–64 years, who participated in one of three...
This pooled analysis of individual patient data investigates the association of body mass index with subsequent breast cancer risk, in particular by age,
Body mass index in adolescent anorexia nervosa patients in relation to age, time point and site of admission. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2013; 22 :395–400.Buhren K, von Ribbeck L, Schwarte R, Egberts K, Pfeiffer E, Fleischhaker C, Wewetzer C, Kennes LN, Dempfle A, Herpertz-Dahl...
Body mass index (BMI), age, and gender influence colorectal cancer (CRC) and adenoma risk. Their effects on colonoscopy characteristics are unclear, but might inform the screening approach in patient subgroups.The aims of this study were to assess the effect of BMI, age, and gender on prep ...
While observational studies have demonstrated an association between age at menarche and adult body mass index (BMI), confounding makes it difficult to infer causality. Methods The Mendelian randomization (MR) technique is not limited by traditional confounding and was used to investigate the presence ...
Body mass index and future health care costs: a retrospective cohort study. Obes Res. 2001;9:210-21811323447Google ScholarCrossref 39. Daviglus ML, Liu K, Yan LL. et al. Body mass index in middle age and health-related quality of life in older age: the Chicago Heart Association ...
The tracking of body mass index (BMI) over a 50-y period in a longitudinal study was examined by using both correlation coefficients and the Foulkes-Davis tracking index. Over the long term, BMIs before maturity were poor predictors of middle-aged BMI status in females but were good predicto...