Functionality and mortality in obese nursing home residents: An example of 'risk factor paradox'?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 428-435

  Kaiser, Rebecca ^a   Winning, Katrin ^a   Uter, Wolfgang ^a   Volkert, Dorothee ^a   Lesser, Stephanie ^b   Stehle, Peter ^b   Kaiser, Matthias J ^a   Sieber, Cornel C ^a   Bauer, Juergen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elderly; Functionality; Mortality; Nursing home; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERMANY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77954590704     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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