Body mass index, body cell mass, and 4-year all-cause mortality risk in older nursing home residents

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 886-891

  Volpato, Stefano ^a   Romagnoni, Franco ^a   Soattin, Lucia ^b   Blè, Alessandro ^a   Leoci, Vincenzo ^b   Bollini, Cristina ^b   Fellin, Renato ^a   Zuliani, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Riposo per Anziani   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body cell mass; Body mass index; Frailty; Mortality; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; INNER CELL MASS; ITALY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; NUTRITION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOMES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 2942739208     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52254.x     Document Type: Article

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