Association between body mass index and mortality among institutionalized elderly adults in Japan

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 502-506

  Nakazawa, Akemi ^a   Nakamura, Kazutoshi ^b   Kitamura, Kaori ^b   Yoshizawa, Yoshiaki ^c  

^a RYOTOKUJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Niigata Council of Institutions for the Elderly   (Japan)

Author keywords

BMI; Cohort studies; Frail elderly; Mortality; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME PATIENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84889097556     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-013-0351-9     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Health and Welfare Statistics Association 2012/2013. Kokumin-no-Fukushi- to-Kaigo-no-Doko. Tokyo: Health and Welfare Statistics Association; 2012 (in Japanese).
2. Cereda E, Pedrolli C, Zagami A, Vanotti A, Piffer S, Opizzi A, Rondanelli M, Caccialanza R. Body mass index and mortality in institutionalized elderly. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2011;12:174-8.
3. Kaiser R, Winning K, Uter W, Volkert D, Lesser S, Stehle P, Kaiser MJ, Sieber CC, Bauer JM. Functionality and mortality in obese nursing home residents: an example of 'risk factor paradox'? J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2010;11:428-35.
4. Chan M, Lim YP, Ernest A, Tan TL. Nutritional assessment in an Asian nursing home and its association with mortality. J Nutr Health Aging. 2010;14:23-8.
5. Kimyagarov S, Klid R, Levenkrohn S, Fleissig Y, Kopel B, Arad M, Adunsky A. Body mass index (BMI), body composition and mortality of nursing home elderly residents. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2010;51:227-30.
6. Nakazawa A, Nakamura K, Kitamura K, Yoshizawa Y. Association between activities of daily living and mortality among institutionalized elderly adults in Japan. J Epidemiol. 2012;22:501-7.
7. Mahoney FI, Barthel DW. Functional evaluation: the Barthel index. Md State Med J. 1965;14:61-5.
8. Takigawa Y. Criteria for independence of demented elderly people (authors' translation). Koshu-Eisei (J Public Health Pract). 1994;58:73-5 (in Japanese).
9. Grabowski DC, Ellis JE. High body mass index does not predict mortality in older people: analysis of the Longitudinal Study of Aging. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2001;49:968-79.
10. AlSnih S, Ottenbacher KJ, Markides KS, Kuo YF, Eschbach K, Goodwin JS. The effect of obesity on disability vs mortality in older Americans. Arch Intern Med. 2007;167:774-80.
11. Flacker JM, Kiely DK. Mortality-related factors and 1-year survival in nursing home residents. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2003;51:213-21.
12. Xu F, Yin XM, Wang Y. The association between amount of cigarettes smoked and overweight, central obesity among Chinese adults in Nanjing, China. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2007;16:240-7.
13. Society for Information on Health and Nutrition. The National Health and Nutrition Survey in Japan, 2008. Tokyo: Daiichi Shuppan; 2011 (in Japanese).
14. Stineman MG, Xie D, Pan Q, Kurichi JE, Zhang Z, Saliba D, Henry-Sánchez JT, Streim J. All-cause 1-, 5-, and 10-year mortality in elderly people according to activities of daily living stage. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012;60:485-92.
15. Kitamura K, Nakamura K, Nishiwaki T, Ueno K, Hasegawa M. Low body mass index and low serum albumin are predictive factors for short-term mortality in elderly Japanese requiring home care. Tohoku J Exp Med. 2010;221:29-34.