Effect of weight loss on mortality in overweight and obese nursing home residents during a 5-year follow-up

Authors :: M. De Rui
S. Pizzato
Egle Perissinotto
A Imoscopi
Giuseppe Sergi
S. Carraro
Alessandra Coin
E Orr
Linda Berton
Francesco Bolzetta
I. De Ronch
Nicola Veronese
Enzo Manzato
Pizzato, S.
Sergi, G.
Bolzetta, F.
De Rui, M.
De Ronch, I.
Carraro, S.
Berton, L.
Orr, E.
Imoscopi, A.
Perissinotto, E.
Coin, A.
Manzato, E.
Veronese, N.
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: Nature Publishing Group, 2015.
Abstract: Background/Objectives:The objective of this study was to ascertain the effect of weight loss over the course of 1 year on 5-year mortality in old nursing home (NH) residents in different classes of body mass index (BMI).Subjects/Methods:A longitudinal study was conducted on 161 NH residents aged ≥70 years at the Istituto di Riposo per Anziani, Padova, Italy. Data were collected using a comprehensive geriatric assessment at baseline and at a 1-year follow-up visit. Mortality was recorded over a 5-year follow-up. We divided our sample into four groups using as cutoffs a BMI of 25 and a weight gain or loss of 5% at 1 year (BMI ≥25 and weight stable/gain, BMI ≥25 and weight loss, BMI

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