Body Mass Index and Hospitalization in the Elderly

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1615-1620

  Luchsinger, José A ^a   Lee, Wei Nch ^b   Carrasquillo, Olveen ^a   Rabinowitz, Daniel ^a,c   Shea, Steven ^a,c,d  

^a Columbia Univ Coll of Phys/Surgs ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Elderly; Hospitalizations; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNDERWEIGHT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0242408447     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51513.x     Document Type: Article

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