Body Mass Index, or BMI, is a health indicator used to determine whether you’re underweight, a healthy weight, overweight, or obese when your weight is compared to your actual height.
However, whether these associations are the same for older adults is less clear. The association of baseline BMI and waist circumference with all-cause and cause-specific mortality was investigated in 18,209 Australian and US participants (mean age: 75.1 ± 4.5 years) from the ASPirin in ...
Testing reliability and validity of the eHealth literacy scale (eHEALS) for older adults recruited online. Volume 33. Computers, informatics, nursing: CIN; 2015. pp. 150–6. 4. Google Scholar Chinn D, McCarthy C. All aspects of health literacy scale (AAHLS): developing a tool to measure...
For both sexes, the estimated TMM relative to height squared was significantly correlated with BMI (r = 0.688, P<0.0001 for women; r = 0.696, P<0.0001 for men), but the percentage of the estimated TMM in body mass was not. Conclusion: These results indicate that, ...
In the general population, body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference are recognized risk factors for several chronic diseases and all-cause mortality. However, whether these associations are the same for older adults is less clear. The association of
Older adults tend to lose muscle mass and gain fat.Your BMI may be healthy when your body composition isn’t. Interestingly, excess body fat is not linked to a higher risk of disease and death in adults over 65. But loss of lean body mass may pose a significant threat to your longevity...
ahealthy weight is described as a BMI anywhere between 18.5 and 24.9 in adults,whereas 25 to 29.9 is over weight and 30+ is obese 健康重量被描述作为BMI任何地方在18.5和24.9之间在大人,而25到29.9是结束重量,并且30+是肥胖的[translate]
Association of metabolically healthy obesity with risk of heart failure and left ventricular dysfunction among older adults Article 09 October 2024 Impacts of obesity on global subclinical left cardiac function represented by CMR-derived myocardial strain, TyG index may be a predictor Article Open ...
Height and weight were 13 Healthy lifestyle in older adults and life expectancy with and without heart failure 207 measured after removing heavy outerwear and shoes. BMI was calculated (kg/m2) [20]. According to the WHO cut- off criteria, we categorized weight status in normal...
BMI: The body mass index (BMI) is a value that uses the height and weight of an individual to determine the health and overall fatness of the body. BMI is essential in the health sector as it can easily imply that an individual ...