ArticleOsteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA2021
Association between body mass index and the risk of falls: a nationwide population-based study.
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- Cardiovascular Disorders and Falls Among Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2024Pooled it
- Associations of Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference With Falls Among Community-dwelling Older Adults in Korea.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2026Article
- Evaluation of a Frustrated Total Internal Reflection (FTIR) based balance sensor for objective fall risk assessment in older adults: a study protocol.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Risk factors associated with injurious falls on snow or ice: results from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.Innovation in aging · 2026Article
- Predictive Factors and the Predictive Scoring System for Falls in Acute Care Inpatients: Retrospective Cohort Study.JMIR human factors · 2025Article
- The relationship between symptoms of depression and falls in older adults: A case-control study.JAR life · 2025Article
- Factors Associated With Incident and Recurrent Falls Among Men Enrolled in Evidence-Based Fall Prevention Programs: An Examination of Race and Ethnicity.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2024Article
- Biological sex-related differences in whole-body coordination during standing turns in healthy young adults.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- In-hospital fall prediction using machine learning algorithms and the Morse fall scale in patients with acute stroke: a nested case-control study.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2023Article
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- Bone mineral density in very low birthweight adults-A sibling study.Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology · 2022Article
- Risk Factors Associated with Falls in Hospitalized Older Adults Patients.Gerontology & geriatric medicineArticle
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Abstract
The association of BMI with falls differed between men and women in Korea. Obesity was associated with a greater risk of falls in women, whereas underweight seemed to increase the risk of falls compared with normal weight in men. PURPOSE: This study examined the sex-specific association between body mass index (BMI) and falls in Korean adults using data from a large population-based survey.
methodsWe analyzed 113,805 men and women (age ≥ 50 years) who participated in the Korean Community Health Survey in 2013. Logistic regression was used to assess the relationship between BMI and falls.
resultsThe mean (± standard deviation) age and BMI of all participants were 63.8 ± 9.6 years and 23.2 ± 2.9 kg/m
conclusionsObesity was associated with a greater risk of recurrent falls in women, whereas underweight seemed to be associated with a greater risk of falls in men.
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