Inverse relationship between body mass index and mortality in older nursing home residents: A meta-analysis of 19,538 elderly subjects

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1001-1015

  Veronese, N ^a   Cereda, E ^b   Solmi, M ^a   Fowler, S A ^c   Manzato, E ^a,d   Maggi, S ^d   Manu, P ^e,f,g,h   Abe, E ⁱ   Hayashi, K ⁱ   Allard, J P ^j,k   Arendt, B M ^j   Beck, A ^l   Chan, M ^m   Audrey, Y J P ^m   Lin, W Y ^n,o   Hsu, H S ^n,o   Lin, C C ^n,o   Diekmann, R ^p   Kimyagarov, S ^q   Miller, M ^r   Cameron, I D ^s   Pitkala K H ^t   Lee, J ^u   Woo, J ^u   Nakamura, K ^v   Smiley, D ^w   Umpierrez, G ^w   Rondanelli, M ^x   Sund Levander, M ^y   Valentini, L ^z   Schindler, K ^aa   Torma J ^ab   Volpato, S ^ac   Zuliani, G ^ac   Wong, M ^u   Lok, K ^u   Kane, J M ^e,f,g,h   Sergi, G ^a   Correll, C U ^e,f,g,h   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^g FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^h ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^l GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^m TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

ⁿ CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^o CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^q Gilad Geriatric Center   (Israel)

^r FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^s UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^t HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^u CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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

^w EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^y LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^z Hochschule Neubrandenburg   (Germany)

^aa MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^ab UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Body mass index; Elderly; Mortality; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CINAHL; EMBASE; ETHNICITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMOBILITY; INFECTION; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBESITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCOPUS; UNDERWEIGHT; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME FOR THE AGED; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; NUTRITION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 84945437041     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12309     Document Type: Review

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