The relationship of body mass index and the functional status of community-dwelling female older people admitting to a geriatric outpatient clinic

Bahat, Gulistan; Tufan, ASLI; Aydın, Yücel; Tufan, Fatih; BAHAT, ZÜMRÜT; Akpinar, Timur; Soyluk, Ozlem; Erten, Nilgun; Karan, Mehmet

doi:10.1007/s40520-014-0291-2

The relationship of body mass index and the functional status of community-dwelling female older people admitting to a geriatric outpatient clinic

Bahat G., Tufan A., Aydın Y., Tufan F., BAHAT Z., Akpinar T. S., ...More

AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH, vol.27, no.3, pp.303-308, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 27 Issue: 3
Publication Date: 2015
Doi Number: 10.1007/s40520-014-0291-2
Journal Name: AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.303-308
Keywords: Functional status, Body mass index, Older people, Community-dwelling, Female, Nutrition, NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT MNA, HEALTH, BMI, DECLINE
Marmara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objectives The relationship of body mass index (BMI) with functional status differs in diversified geriatric population and various settings. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether BMI is related to functional status independent of age, nutritional status, multimorbidity, and polypharmacy in a group of Turkish community-dwelling female elderly.