ArticleBMC geriatrics2013
The relationship between increased body mass index and frailty on falls in community dwelling older adults.
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- Frailty Is a Risk Factor for Falls in the Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2023Pooled it
- Risk of falls in patients with low bone mineral density : Analysis of placebo arms from clinical trials.Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2021Pooled it
- Frailty predicts short-term incidence of future falls among British community-dwelling older people: a prospective cohort study nested within a randomised controlled trial.BMC geriatrics · 2015Trial
- Serum Periostin as a Complementary Biomarker of Frailty in Type 2 Diabetes: A Pilot Study Using the FRAIL Scale.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Predictors of Falls Among Younger and Older Adult Pilgrims During the Hajj Mass Gathering: An Age-Stratified Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The relationship between frailty, BMI, and mortality in older adults: results from the CLHLS.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Risk factors associated with 1-year mortality after osteoporotic hip fracture in Hawai'i: higher mortality risk among Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2024Article
- A pilot study to identify factors associated with frailty within the World Trade Center general responder cohort.American journal of industrial medicine · 2024Article
- Sex differences in the frailty phenotype and mortality in the I-Lan longitudinal aging study cohort.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Mendelian randomization shows causal effects of birth weight and childhood body mass index on the risk of frailty.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Relationship of body mass index with frailty and all-cause mortality among middle-aged and older adults.BMC medicine · 2022Article
- Frailty Syndrome-Fall Risk and Rehabilitation Management Aided by Virtual Reality (VR) Technology Solutions: A Narrative Review of the Current Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
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- Within-subject variation in the cognitive timed up and go test as an explanatory variable in fall risk in patients with parkinson's disease.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2021Article
- Walking speed measurement technology: A review.Current geriatrics reports · 2021Article
- The Relationship between Frailty, Obesity and Social Deprivation in Non-Institutionalized Elderly People.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2020Article
- Association of benzodiazepines, opioids and tricyclic antidepressants use and falls in trauma patients: Conditional effect of age.PloS one · 2020Article
- Association Between Arterial Stiffness, Frailty and Fall-Related Injuries in Older Adults.Vascular health and risk management · 2020Article
- The Clinical Potential of Frailty Indicators on Identifying Recurrent Fallers in the Community: The Mr. Os and Ms. OS Cohort Study in Hong Kong.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2019Article
- Body shape, fear of falling, physical performance, and falls among individuals aged 55 years and above.European geriatric medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe global population is becoming older and more overweight. The inter-relationship between frailty and falls is often seen in the older adult and is associated with poor health outcomes. Little is known about this relationship for those with excess body mass. This study aimed to assess the relationships between BMI, frailty and falls.
methodsFrailty, body mass index, clinical and demographic characteristics were assessed at baseline for 606 community dwelling adults aged 60 years and older. Falls were assessed prospectively with a semi-structured telephone interview two years later.
resultsAn increase in BMI contributed significantly to the identification of frail (Odds Ratio: 4.4; 95% Confidence Interval: 1.4, 13.6) older adults. A total of 346 falls by 148 participants were reported at follow up. Those with an increased BMI were significantly less likely to have experienced a fall between baseline and follow up assessments (p = 0.03). Despite these opposing trends a BMI greater than or equal to 30.0 kg.m2 did not alter the relationship between falls and frailty for the current cohort.
conclusionsThis is the first study to assess the falls-frailty relationship for those with an increased BMI. Obesity was found to be protective against falling but not specifically in frail older adults.
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