The relationship of body mass index and the functional status of community-dwelling female older people admitting to a geriatric outpatient clinic
Date
2015Author
Tufan, Asli
Karan, Mehmet Akif
Tufan, Fatih
Erten, Nilgun
Akpinar, Timur Selcuk
Aydın, Yücel
BAHAT, ZÜMRÜT
SOYLUK, Ozlem
Bahat, Gulistan
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Objectives The relationship of body mass index (BMI) with functional status differs in diversified geriatric population and various settings. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether BMI is related to functional status independent of age, nutritional status, multimorbidity, and polypharmacy in a group of Turkish community-dwelling female elderly.
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