Frailty, nutrition-related parameters, and mortality across the adult age spectrum

Table 8 Association between abnormal anthropometric measurements and frailty

Anthropometric measurements		Linear regression analysis
Anthropometric measurements		β-coefficient (95%CI)	p value
Body mass index	Underweight	− 0.008 (− 0.023, 0.007)	0.323
	Overweight	− 0.012 (− 0.016, − 0.008)	< 0.001*
	Obese	0.027 (0.023, 0.030)	< 0.001*
Body weight change in past 1 year	Loss > 10%	0.029 (0.022, 0.035)	< 0.001*
Body weight change in past 1 year	Gain > 10%	0.015 (0.009, 0.020)	< 0.001*
Waist circumference	High	0.012 (0.008, 0.017)	< 0.001*
Triceps skinfold	Low	0.000 (− 0.006, 0.006)	0.989
Triceps skinfold	High	0.022 (0.016, 0.028)	< 0.001*
Subscapular skinfold	Low	− 0.004 (− 0.011, 0.003)	0.224
Subscapular skinfold	High	0.013 (0.005, 0.020)	0.001*

All analyses were adjusted for age, sex, race, energy intake, educational level, marital status, employment status, smoking and study cohort, *p value < 0.05

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