ArticleThe journal of nutrition, health & aging2018
Effect of Body Weight, Waist Circumference and Their Changes on Mortality: a 10-Year Population-based Study.
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- Analysis of Changes in Weight, Waist Circumference, or Both, and All-Cause Mortality in Chinese Adults.JAMA network open · 2022Pooled it
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- Association between dynamic change patterns of body mass or fat mass and incident stroke: results from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS).Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Short-, Medium-, and Long-term Weight Changes and All-Cause Mortality in Old Age: Findings From the National Survey of the Japanese Elderly.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2021Article
- Mortality of NAFLD According to the Body Composition and Presence of Metabolic Abnormalities.Hepatology communications · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate the effect of body weight, waist circumference and their changes on all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.
designA nationwide population-based cohort study.
participants627 community-dwelling older adults. MEASUREMENTS: Participants were interviewed for demographic and anthropometric data collected. Blood were drawn for testing biochemistry data. Central obesity was defined as waist circumference is greater than 80 cm for women and 90 cm for men. Obesity, overweight, normal and underweight were defined as BMI ≥27 kg/m2 , ≥24 kg/m2 ,18.5-24 kg/m2 and < 18.5 kg/m2. Cox proportion hazard model was used to explore the impact of body weight and its change on mortality.
resultsThe distribution of weight changes and mortality was right skewed, but U-shape of waist change for all-cause mortality was observed. Compared to normal BMI at baseline, the association between underweight (HR: 1.7, 95% CI: 0.7-4.0), overweight (HR:0.7, 95% CI:0.4-1.2) and obesity (HR:1.3,95% CI:0.8-2.3) showed insignificantly associated with all-cause mortality. The HR of those weight loss >5% (HR: 1.7, 95% CI: 1.1-2.8) and waist decrease >5% (HR: 1.7, 95% CI: 1.0-2.8) were higher than those of stable weight/waist +/- 5% over a 6-year period. Compared to those stable weight/waist, the mortality risk was similar in those of weight gain or waist increase (HR 0.7,95%CI: 0.4-1.5 and HR:0.9, 95%CI:0.4-1.6).
conclusionWeight loss and waist decrease were significantly associated with long-term mortality risk, a life-course approach for body weight management is needed to pursuit the most optimal health benefits for the middle-aged and older adults.
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