Association Between Anthropometric Measures and Long-Term Survival in Frail Older Women: Observations from the Women's Health Initiative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the association between currently recommended guidelines and commonly used clinical criteria for body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and all-cause mortality in frail older women.

Design

Longitudinal prospective cohort study.

Setting

Women's Health Initiative (WHI)-Observational Study.

Participants

A sample of women aged 65-84 with complete data to characterize frailty in the third year of WHI follow-up (N = 11,070).

Measurements

Frailty phenotype was determined using the modified Fried criteria. Information on anthropometric measures (BMI, WC, WHR) was collected in clinical examinations. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate the effect of BMI, WC, and WHR on mortality adjust

SUBMITTER: Zaslavsky O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4762186 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature