Journal article
Body mass index and waist circumference predict health-related quality of life, but not satisfaction with life, in the elderly
Lucy Wang, John D Crawford, Simone Reppermund, Julian Trollor, Lesley Campbell, Bernhard T Baune, Perminder Sachdev, Henry Brodaty, Katherine Samaras, Evelyn Smith
Quality of Life Research | SPRINGER | Published : 2018
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: While obesity has been linked with lower quality of life in the general adult population, the prospective effects of present obesity on future quality of life amongst the elderly is unclear. This article investigates the cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between obesity and aspects of quality of life in community-dwelling older Australians. METHOD: A 2-year longitudinal sample of community dwellers aged 70-90 years at baseline, derived from the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study (MAS), was chosen for the study. Of the 1037 participants in the original MAS sample, a baseline (Wave 1) sample of 926 and a 2-year follow-up (Wave 2) sample of 751 subjects were retained for th..
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Awarded by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Program
Funding Acknowledgements
The Sydney MAS is supported by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Program Grant (Grant ID 350833). The authors wish to acknowledge the contributions of Brain and Ageing Research Program Staff especially Kristan Kang, Simone Reppermund and Melissa Slavin as well as all MAS participants.