Gender-dependent Association of Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference with Disability in the Chinese Oldest Old

OBJECTIVES: To explore associations of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) with disability among the Chinese oldest old. DESIGN AND METHODS: 5495 oldest old in the sixth wave of Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Study conducted in 2011 were included in this study. Disability was...

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Main Authors:	Yin, Zhaoxue, Shi, Xiaoming, Kraus, Virginia B., Brasher, Melanie Sereny, Chen, Huashuai, Liu, Yuzhi, Lv, Yuebin, Zeng, Yi
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	Article
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4114995/
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