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Physical Characteristics Vary According to Body Mass Index in Japanese Community-Dwelling Elderly Women
Background: Body mass index (BMI) is related to health in the elderly. The purpose of this study was to investigate the physical characteristics in underweight, overweight, and obese Japanese community-dwelling elderly women compared to normal-weight elderly women. Methods: The study participants in...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6371189/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31011122 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics3040087 |
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author | Nonaka, Koji Murata, Shin Shiraiwa, Kayoko Abiko, Teppei Nakano, Hideki Iwase, Hiroaki Naito, Koichi Horie, Jun |
author_facet | Nonaka, Koji Murata, Shin Shiraiwa, Kayoko Abiko, Teppei Nakano, Hideki Iwase, Hiroaki Naito, Koichi Horie, Jun |
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description | Background: Body mass index (BMI) is related to health in the elderly. The purpose of this study was to investigate the physical characteristics in underweight, overweight, and obese Japanese community-dwelling elderly women compared to normal-weight elderly women. Methods: The study participants included 212 community-dwelling elderly women. They were categorized as underweight (BMI < 18.5), normal weight (18.5 ≤ BMI ≤ 22.9), overweight (23 ≤ BMI ≤ 24.9), and obese (BMI ≥ 25). Data on skeletal muscle mass index (SMI), number of trunk curl-ups performed within 30 seconds, knee extension strength, one-leg standing time, and walking speed were recorded. Results: In the underweight group, the number of trunk curl-ups was significantly lower than that of the normal-weight group (p = 0.011) and the correlation between knee extension strength and walking speed was relatively higher than in the normal-weight group (r = 0.612 vs. r = 0.471). In the overweight group, the SMI was significantly increased (p < 0.001), but knee extension strength was not increased (p = 0.235) compared to that of the normal-weight group. In the obese group, one-leg standing time was significantly shorter than in the normal-weight group (p = 0.016). Conclusions: Physical characteristics vary according to BMI and these findings are useful in assessing and planning interventional programs to improve and maintain physical function in elderly women. |
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spelling | pubmed-63711892019-03-07 Physical Characteristics Vary According to Body Mass Index in Japanese Community-Dwelling Elderly Women Nonaka, Koji Murata, Shin Shiraiwa, Kayoko Abiko, Teppei Nakano, Hideki Iwase, Hiroaki Naito, Koichi Horie, Jun Geriatrics (Basel) Article Background: Body mass index (BMI) is related to health in the elderly. The purpose of this study was to investigate the physical characteristics in underweight, overweight, and obese Japanese community-dwelling elderly women compared to normal-weight elderly women. Methods: The study participants included 212 community-dwelling elderly women. They were categorized as underweight (BMI < 18.5), normal weight (18.5 ≤ BMI ≤ 22.9), overweight (23 ≤ BMI ≤ 24.9), and obese (BMI ≥ 25). Data on skeletal muscle mass index (SMI), number of trunk curl-ups performed within 30 seconds, knee extension strength, one-leg standing time, and walking speed were recorded. Results: In the underweight group, the number of trunk curl-ups was significantly lower than that of the normal-weight group (p = 0.011) and the correlation between knee extension strength and walking speed was relatively higher than in the normal-weight group (r = 0.612 vs. r = 0.471). In the overweight group, the SMI was significantly increased (p < 0.001), but knee extension strength was not increased (p = 0.235) compared to that of the normal-weight group. In the obese group, one-leg standing time was significantly shorter than in the normal-weight group (p = 0.016). Conclusions: Physical characteristics vary according to BMI and these findings are useful in assessing and planning interventional programs to improve and maintain physical function in elderly women. MDPI 2018-11-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6371189/ /pubmed/31011122 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics3040087 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Nonaka, Koji Murata, Shin Shiraiwa, Kayoko Abiko, Teppei Nakano, Hideki Iwase, Hiroaki Naito, Koichi Horie, Jun Physical Characteristics Vary According to Body Mass Index in Japanese Community-Dwelling Elderly Women |
title | Physical Characteristics Vary According to Body Mass Index in Japanese Community-Dwelling Elderly Women |
title_full | Physical Characteristics Vary According to Body Mass Index in Japanese Community-Dwelling Elderly Women |
title_fullStr | Physical Characteristics Vary According to Body Mass Index in Japanese Community-Dwelling Elderly Women |
title_full_unstemmed | Physical Characteristics Vary According to Body Mass Index in Japanese Community-Dwelling Elderly Women |
title_short | Physical Characteristics Vary According to Body Mass Index in Japanese Community-Dwelling Elderly Women |
title_sort | physical characteristics vary according to body mass index in japanese community-dwelling elderly women |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6371189/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31011122 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics3040087 |
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