ArticleEuropean geriatric medicine2021
Association between body mass index and falls in community-dwelling men and women: a prospective, multinational study in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE).
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- A Body Shape Index Shows Stronger Associations with Falls than BMI among Older Adults: Evidence from the NHATS Cohort.Gerontology · 2026Article
- 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
- The Association Between Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and the Risks of Falls and Osteoporosis: A Cohort Study in the UK Biobank.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2026Article
- Associations Between Physical Activity Frequency, Handgrip Strength, and Limitations in Activities of Daily Living in Middle-Aged and Older Adults with Widespread Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study Using Data from the SHARE Project.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- The association between physical multimorbidity and fall-related injury among adults aged ≥ 50 years from low- and middle-income countries.European journal of ageing · 2025Article
- Predictive Factors and the Predictive Scoring System for Falls in Acute Care Inpatients: Retrospective Cohort Study.JMIR human factors · 2025Article
- Interaction effects of alcohol consumption and dizziness/vertigo on fall risk in psychiatric Inpatients: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Physical Performance of Geriatric Women and Its Impact on Fracture Risk and Bone Mineral Density Assessed with Radiofrequency Echographic Multispectrometry (REMS).Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Association between socioeconomic deprivation and bone health status in the UK biobank cohort participants.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2024Article
- The Association of Body Mass Index on Falls Risk and Mortality in Hospitalized Patients of Different Old-Age Categories Requiring Nutritional Support.Clinical nutrition research · 2024Article
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- Fall risk classification with posturographic parameters in community-dwelling older adults: a machine learning and explainable artificial intelligence approach.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Falls and fall-related injuries: prevalence, characteristics, and treatment among participants of the Geelong Osteoporosis Study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Association Between Regional Levels of Particulate Matter and Recurrent Falls in Korea.Journal of Korean medical science · 2023Article
- Prospective Association between Multimorbidity and Falls and Its Mediators: Findings from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Relationship between Anemia and Falls among Postmenopausal Women in Korea.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Falls Among Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study in Vietnam.Clinical interventions in aging · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate the longitudinal associations between body mass index (BMI) categories and falls risk in men and women.
methodsProspective cohort study using data from 50,041 community-dwelling adults aged ≥ 50 years assessed in Wave 6 and 7 in the cross-national Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). Socio-demographic and clinical factors were assessed at baseline (Wave 6). Functional impairment was defined by any limitations in activities of daily living (ADL) or instrumental ADL (IADL). Participants were classified as underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese at baseline. At 2-year follow-up (Wave 7), falls in the previous six months were recorded. The longitudinal associations between BMI categories and falls were analysed by binary logistic regression models; odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated. All analyses were adjusted for socio-demographic and clinical factors. Furthermore, analyses were stratified by sex, age and functional impairment.
resultsMean age was 67.0 years (range 50-102); 28,132 participants were women; 4057 (8.1%) participants reported falls at follow-up. Participants had an increased falls risk [OR (95% CI)] if they were underweight [1.41 (1.06-1.88), p = 0.017] or obese [1.20 (1.09-1.32), p < 0.001] compared to those with normal weight. The association of underweight and obesity with increased falls risk was consistent in participants aged ≥ 65 years. In participants with functional impairment, underweight was associated with higher falls risk [1.61 (1.09-2.40), p = 0.018], while obesity was not.
conclusionA U-shaped relationship between BMI and falls risk was found in community-dwelling adults.
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