Weight-Adjusted Waist Index (WWI)—A Promising Anthropometric Indicator of Depressive Symptoms in Hospitalized Older Patients

There is an association between a higher WWI and depression diagnosis as well as the presence of depressive symptoms according to the GDS in hospitalized older adults, both women and men. There is no such correlation between depression and BMI. Both high BMI and high WWI values seem to identify older patients with cardiometabolic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. According to this study, WWI seems to be a promising indicator of depression risk and, similarly to BMI, a useful parameter for the assessment of cardiometabolic risk in older hospitalized adults.