Is obesity a marker of robustness in vulnerable hospitalized aged populations? Prospective, multicenter cohort study of 1 306 acutely ill patients

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 66-74

  Lang, Pierre Olivier ^a,b   Mahmoudi, R ^c,d   Novella, J L ^c,d   Tardieu, E ^d   Bertholon, L A ^c,d   Nazeyrollas, P ^d   Blanchard, F ^c,d   Jolly, D ^c,d   Drame, M ^c,d  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CLINIQUE DE GENOLIER   (Switzerland)

^c et Réadaptation des Sujets Fragiles)   (France)

^d Reims Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

aged adults; Body mass index; comprehensive geriatric assessment; obesity paradox; SAFES cohort

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDEPENDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PARAPLEGIA; PEPTIC ULCER; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84893849205     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-013-0352-9     Document Type: Article

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