Weight Status, Physical Activity, and Depression in Korean Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to explore the associations between weight status, physical activity, and depression in Korean older adults.

Methods

We used the baseline data drawn from the 2008 baseline survey utilized in the Living Profiles of Older People Survey, comprised of 15,146 community-dwelling older people (42.6% men and 57.4% women) aged 60 years and older residing in the Republic of Korea. After excluding respondents with missing data on height, weight, and physical activity (PA), data on 10,197 samples (43.3% men and 56.7% women) were analyzed in this study.

Results

Underweight and completely inactive individuals had poorer sociodemographic and health behavioral characteristics and increased risks of late-life depression compared with normal weight and suffi

SUBMITTER: Cho J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5976873 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature