Waist circumference is a better predictor of risk for frailty than BMI in the community-dwelling elderly in Beijing
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DOI: 10.1007/s40520-018-0933-x
Abstract: AimObesity is found to be associated with frailty. Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) are the commonly used measures for obesity, the former is more closely related to general obesity and body weight;… read more here.
Keywords: waist circumference; bmi; frailty bmi; frailty ... See more keywords