Body mass index, waist circumference and pre-frailty/frailty: the Tromso study 1994-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study investigated the association between obesity, assessed using body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC), and pre-frailty/frailty among older adults over 21 years of follow-up.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Population-based study among community-dwelling adults in Tromsø municipality, Norway.

Participants

2340 women and 2169 men aged ≥45 years attending the Tromsø study in 1994-1995 (Tromsø4) and 2015-2016 (Tromsø7), with additional BMI and WC measurements in 2001 (Tromsø5) and 2007-2008 (Tromsø6).

Primary outcome measure

Physical frailty was defined as the presence of three or more and pre-frailty as the presence of one to two of the five frailty components suggested by Fried et al: low grip strength, slow w

SUBMITTER: Uchai S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9896186 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature