Gait speed and body mass index: Results from the AMI study

Maturin Tabue-Teguo, Karine Perès, Nadine Simo, Mélanie Le Goff, Mario Ulises Perez Zepeda, Catherine Féart, Jean-François Dartigues, Hélène Amieva and Matteo Cesari

PLOS ONE, 2020, vol. 15, issue 3, 1-8

Abstract: Background: While physical frailty and malnutrition/obesity (parameters easily measured by a nurse) are not the same, older persons who are malnourished/obese are more likely to be frail and there is a potential overlap between these conditions. The objective was to examine the relationship between gait speed (GS) and body mass index (BMI) in men and women aged 75 years and older. Design: Cross-sectional analysis. Setting, participants: Data from the Aging Multidisciplinary Investigation (AMI), a French prospective cohort study with participants randomly selected from the farmer Health Insurance rolls. Measurements: Usual GS was measured over a 4 meters-track. BMI was categorized using clinical cut-points for European populations: (e.g,

Date: 2020
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