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Association of Underweight and Hand Grip Strength with the Risk of All-cause Mortality in Older Adults [PDF]

Cheyuk gwahag yeon-gu, 2023
PURPOSE This study investigated the impact of underweight and hand grip strength (HGS) levels on the risk of all-cause mortality in older adults. METHODS Data from the 2006 baseline and 2020 follow-up assessments of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging
Min-jun Kim, Tae-woong Oh
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Underweight and overweight among elderly persons in an urban resettlement colony of Delhi

Indian Journal of Community and Family Medicine, 2023
Introduction: The prevalence of overweight and obesity has been rapidly increasing along with the increasing number of elderly persons throughout the world. In developing countries like India, it is no different.
Gaurav Gongal, Ravneet Kaur, Mani Kalaivani, Baridalyne Nongkynrih, Shashi Kant, Sanjeev Kumar Gupta   +5 more
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Underweight and mortality [PDF]

Public Health Nutrition, 2015
AbstractObjectiveAccording to most prospective studies, being underweight (BMI<18·5 kg/m2) is associated with significantly higher mortality than being of normal weight, especially among smokers. We aimed to explore in a generally lean population whether being underweight is significantly associated with increased all-cause mortality ...
Lee, Joo Young, Kim, Hyeon Chang, Kim, Changsoo, Park, Keeho, Ahn, Song Vogue, Kang, Dae Ryong, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Willett, Walter, Suh, Il   +8 more
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Prevalence of underweight in people with severe mental illness: Systematic review and meta‐analysis

Mental Health Science, 2023
People with severe mental illness (SMI) have a higher prevalence of obesity as compared with the general population, however, there is mixed evidence about the prevalence of underweight.
Bilal Ahmad Khan, Humaira Khalid, Najma Siddiqi, Faiza Aslam, Rubab Ayesha, Medhia Afzal, Sukanya Rajan, Kavindu Appuhamy, Kamrun Nahar Koly, Maria Bryant, Richard I. G. Holt, Gerardo A. Zavala   +11 more
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Associations of morbidity in the underweight [PDF]

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2010
There is little research on the demographic characteristics and morbidity of people categorized as 'underweight' from their body mass index (BMI) although they have often been shown to have greater mortality. This uncertainty makes it difficult to determine whether to include or exclude these individuals when estimating the health and mortality impacts
S J, Kelly, J M, Lilley, J, Leonardi-Bee
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Health Risk and Underweight

Nutrients, 2023
Anorexia nervosa is associated with a significant risk of morbidity and mortality. In clinical practice, health risk is assessed and estimated using routinely collected laboratory data. This study will develop a risk score using clinically relevant laboratory parameters.
Ulrich Cuntz, Norbert Quadflieg, Ulrich Voderholzer   +2 more
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Secular Difference in Body Mass Index From 2014 to 2020 in Chinese Older Adults: A Time-Series Cross-Sectional Study

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
BackgroundBody mass index (BMI) is the most widely used parameter to assess the body weight status. Both the increase of BMI (overweight and obesity) and decrease of BMI (underweight) has been associated with high risk of adverse outcome, such as stroke,
Ying Jiang, Xiaomin Zhang, Tianwei Xu, Weiqi Hong, Zhiqi Chen, Xiang Gao, Renying Xu   +6 more
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Both Underweight and Obesity Are Associated With an Increased Risk of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Severity

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021
Introduction: As coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has evolved into a global pandemic, increasing numbers of reports have linked obesity to more severe COVID-19 illness and death.
Pian Ye, Ran Pang, Ling Li, Hua-Rong Li, Shuang-Lin Liu, Lei Zhao   +5 more
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Impact of body mass index on outcomes in patients undergoing transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantationCentral MessagePerspective

JTCVS Open, 2021
Objective: This study sought to investigate the effect of body mass index on outcomes in patients with severe aortic valve stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
Astrid C. van Nieuwkerk, MD, Raquel B. Santos, MD, Samantha Sartori, PhD, Ander Regueiro, MD, Didier Tchétché, MD, Roxana Mehran, MD, Ronak Delewi, MD, PhD, Flavio S. De Brito, Jr., MD, PhD, Flavio Tarasoutchi, MD, Marco Barbanti, MD, Ran Kornowski, MD, Katia Orvin, MD, Azeem Latib, MD, Matteo Pagnesi, MD, Augusto D'Onofrio, MD, PhD, Giuseppe Tarantini, MD, PhD, Flavio Ribichini, MD, PhD, Mattia Lunardi, MD, Jan Baan, MD, PhD, Jan Tijssen, PhD, José P.S. Henriques, MD, PhD, Francisco Ten, Nicolas Dumonteil, MD, Angie Ghattas, MD, Paola D'Errigo, MSc, Juan Manuel Nogales, Thomas Modine, MD, George Dangas, MD, PhD   +27 more
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Why are West African children underweight? [PDF]

, 2002
The incidence of underweight amongst children under five in Western Africa has been increasing over the last decade (UNICEF, 2002). In Asia, where about two thirds of the world's underweight children live, the rate of underweight declined from about 36 ...
Böheim, R.
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