The relationship of body mass index and the functional status of community-dwelling female older people admitting to a geriatric outpatient clinic

Bahat, Gulistan; Tufan, Asli; Aydın, Yücel; Tufan, Fatih; BAHAT, ZÜMRÜT; Akpinar, Timur; Soyluk, Ozlem; Erten, Nilgun; Karan, Mehmet

doi:10.1007/s40520-014-0291-2

The relationship of body mass index and the functional status of community-dwelling female older people admitting to a geriatric outpatient clinic

Bahat G., Tufan A., Aydın Y., Tufan F., BAHAT Z., Akpinar T. S., ...Daha Fazla

AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH, cilt.27, sa.3, ss.303-308, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 27 Sayı: 3
Basım Tarihi: 2015
Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s40520-014-0291-2
Dergi Adı: AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.303-308
Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

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.