Weight change in older adults and mortality: the Multiethnic Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the association between weight change in older adults and mortality in a multiethnic population.

Methods

We performed a prospective analysis using data on weight change between the baseline (1993-1996) and the 10-year follow-up (2003-2007) surveys in relation to subsequent mortality among 63 040 participants in the Multiethnic Cohort Study in Hawaii and California. The participants were African American, Native Hawaiian, Japanese American, Latino and white, aged 45-75 years at baseline, and did not report heart disease or cancer at either survey.

Results

During an average of 7.3 years of follow-up after the 10-year survey, 6623 deaths were identified. Compared with individuals whose weight remained stable (±2.5 kg), those who lost weight and t

SUBMITTER: Park SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5803382 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature