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Antti Hervonen

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Association of Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference With Physical Functioning: The Vitality 90+ Study

2015

BACKGROUND Both obesity and underweight are associated with impaired physical functioning, but related information on the oldest old population is scarce. Our purpose was to examine whether body mass index, waist circumference (WC), and their combination are associated with physical performance and activities of daily living (ADL) disability in 90-year-old women and men. METHODS Data are from the Vitality 90+ Study, which is a population-based study of persons with age ≥90 years living in the area of Tampere, Finland. Altogether 416 women and 153 men, aged 90-91 years, provided data on body mass index, WC, chair stand, and Barthel Index. Comorbidity, physical exercise, smoking history, livi…

GerontologyMaleAgingWaistHealth StatusPopulationOverweightMotor ActivityBody compositionBody Mass IndexThinnessResidence CharacteristicsActivities of Daily LivingMedicineHumanseducationAbdominal obesityFinlandAged 80 and overeducation.field_of_studyExercise ToleranceBody volume indexbusiness.industryta3141Functional statusAbdominal obesityta3142medicine.diseaseObesityCross-Sectional StudiesObesity AbdominalNonagenariansFemaleSelf ReportGeriatrics and Gerontologymedicine.symptomUnderweightWaist Circumferencebusinesshuman activitiesBody mass indexJournals of Gerontology, Series A
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Are body mass index, waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio associated with leptin in 90-year-old people?

2013

Data on how body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) are associated with body fat in the oldest-old people are scarce. The purpose of this study was to examine if BMI, WC or WHR are associated with leptin, a biological surrogate measure of body fat in 90-year-old people. The data comes from the Vitality 90+ Study, a prospective population-based study of people living in Tampere, Finland. BMI, WC, WHR and plasma concentration of leptin were available for 160 women and 54 men aged 90 years. BMI and WC had a strong significant positive association with leptin both in women and in men, but WHR was associated with leptin only in men. In conclusion, based on th…

LeptinMalemedicine.medical_specialtyWaistendocrine system diseasesPopulationMedicine (miscellaneous)Body Mass IndexWaist–hip ratioInternal medicinemedicineHumansProspective StudiesProspective cohort studyeducationFinlandAged 80 and overeducation.field_of_studyNutrition and DieteticsWaist-Hip Ratiobusiness.industryLeptinnutritional and metabolic diseasesta3141ta3142CircumferenceEndocrinologyAdipose TissuePlasma concentrationBody Compositionpopulation characteristicsFemaleWaist CircumferencebusinessBody mass indexEuropean Journal of Clinical Nutrition
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Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference as Predictors of Disability in Nonagenarians: The Vitality 90+ Study.

2017

Background Only scarce data exist on the association between obesity and disability in the oldest old. The purpose of this prospective study is to examine if body mass index and waist circumference (WC) are associated with incident mobility and activities of daily living (ADL) disability in nonagenarians. Methods We used longitudinal data from the Vitality 90+ Study, which is a population-based study conducted at the area of Tampere, Finland. Altogether 291 women and 134 men, aged 90-91 years, had measured data on body mass index and/or WC and did not have self-reported mobility or ADL disability at baseline. Incident mobility and ADL disability was followed-up on median 3.6 years (range 0.…

GerontologyMaleAgingActivities of daily livingTime FactorsvanhuksetBody Mass IndexDisability Evaluation0302 clinical medicineRisk FactorsActivities of Daily LivingOdds Ratio030212 general & internal medicineProspective StudiespainoindeksiProspective cohort studyFinlandAged 80 and overeducation.field_of_studyIncidenceylipainota3141ta3142mobilityhumanitiesobesity paradoxFemaleWaist CircumferenceikääntyneetObesity paradoxWaistPopulationfyysinen toimintakyky030209 endocrinology & metabolism03 medical and health sciencesphysical functionmedicineHumansDisabled PersonsObesityeducationoldest oldbusiness.industryOdds ratiomedicine.diseaseObesitydisabilitylihavuusGeriatrics and GerontologybusinessBody mass indexFollow-Up StudiesThe journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences
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Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference as Predictors of Disability in Nonagenarians : The Vitality 90+ Study

2017

Background Only scarce data exist on the association between obesity and disability in the oldest old. The purpose of this prospective study is to examine if body mass index and waist circumference (WC) are associated with incident mobility and activities of daily living (ADL) disability in nonagenarians. Methods We used longitudinal data from the Vitality 90+ Study, which is a population-based study conducted at the area of Tampere, Finland. Altogether 291 women and 134 men, aged 90–91 years, had measured data on body mass index and/or WC and did not have self-reported mobility or ADL disability at baseline. Incident mobility and ADL disability was followed-up on median 3.6 years (range 0.…

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