TY - JOUR
T1 - Lack of body weight measurement is associated with mortality and hospitalization in community-dwelling frail elderly
AU - Izawa, Sachiko
AU - Enoki, Hiromi
AU - Hirakawa, Yoshihisa
AU - Masuda, Yuichiro
AU - Iwata, Mitsunaga
AU - Hasegawa, Jun
AU - Iguchi, Akihisa
AU - Kuzuya, Masafumi
N1 - Funding Information:
Financial disclosure(s): This study was supported by a Grant-in Aid for the Comprehensive Research on Aging and Health from the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare of Japan, and a Grant from Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Welfare Foundation. The authors have no conflicts of interest with the manufacturers of any drug evaluated in this paper.
Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/12
Y1 - 2007/12
N2 - Background & aims: Although it is not uncommon for there to be frail older people living in the community, who do not know their weight and/or height, the health-related outcomes of those older remains unknown. We examined whether missing these anthropometries are a predictor of mortality or hospitalization during a 2-year follow-up period in community-dwelling older people using various community-based services. Methods: This study was a prospective cohort analysis of 952 community-dwelling elderly. Data included the clients' demographic characteristics, basic activities of daily living (ADL), comorbidity, and anthropometric measurements at baseline. Analysis of mortality and hospitalization over the 2-year period was conducted using multivariate Cox proportional hazards models. Results: Among the 952 participants, 342 and 292 had missing data for height and weight at baseline, respectively. Multivariate Cox proportional hazards models adjusting for potential confounders showed that the lack of data on weight was associated with 2-year mortality (hazard ratio, HR:1.54, 96% CI:1.09-1.79) as well as hospitalization (HR:1.34, 95% CI:1.01-1.79) during the 2-year follow-up, although the lack of height measurement was not associated with these adverse outcomes. Conclusions: Older people living in the community with unavailable weight data appear to be more likely to have a high risk of mortality and hospitalization.
AB - Background & aims: Although it is not uncommon for there to be frail older people living in the community, who do not know their weight and/or height, the health-related outcomes of those older remains unknown. We examined whether missing these anthropometries are a predictor of mortality or hospitalization during a 2-year follow-up period in community-dwelling older people using various community-based services. Methods: This study was a prospective cohort analysis of 952 community-dwelling elderly. Data included the clients' demographic characteristics, basic activities of daily living (ADL), comorbidity, and anthropometric measurements at baseline. Analysis of mortality and hospitalization over the 2-year period was conducted using multivariate Cox proportional hazards models. Results: Among the 952 participants, 342 and 292 had missing data for height and weight at baseline, respectively. Multivariate Cox proportional hazards models adjusting for potential confounders showed that the lack of data on weight was associated with 2-year mortality (hazard ratio, HR:1.54, 96% CI:1.09-1.79) as well as hospitalization (HR:1.34, 95% CI:1.01-1.79) during the 2-year follow-up, although the lack of height measurement was not associated with these adverse outcomes. Conclusions: Older people living in the community with unavailable weight data appear to be more likely to have a high risk of mortality and hospitalization.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.clnu.2007.08.007
DO - 10.1016/j.clnu.2007.08.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 17977627
AN - SCOPUS:36048991156
SN - 0261-5614
VL - 26
SP - 764
EP - 770
JO - Clinical Nutrition
JF - Clinical Nutrition
IS - 6
ER -