Which body mass index (BMI) is better in the elderly for functional status?

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-81

  Bahat, Gulistan ^a   Tufan, Fatih ^a   Saka, Bulent ^a   Akin, Sibel ^a   Ozkaya, Hilal ^b   Yucel, Nurullah ^b   Erten, Nilgun ^a   Karan, Mehmet Akif ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Functional status of elderly; Nutrition of elderly malnutrition of the elderly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TURKEY;

EID: 80054958854     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.04.019     Document Type: Article

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