Body mass index trajectories and all-cause mortality in older Chinese adults: Hong Kong’s Elderly Health Service Cohort
Decreasing BMI is a likely symptom of ill health in older adults. Inconsistency between the risks and the proportion in each BMI trajectory group by age suggests the observed associations could be driven by changes in weight and preferential recruitment of survivors. Maintaining a healthy weight remains relevant at older ages.
Authors
- C. Mary Schooling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9933-5887)
- Man Ki Kwok (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3777-4766)
- GM Leung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2503-6283)
- Siu Yin Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8556-331X)
Institutions
- The Graduate Center, CUNY (US)
- Department of Health (CN)
- City University of New York (US)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
- Published
- 2025-03-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2025-223659
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16
Funders
- Food and Health Bureau