Objective We aimed to determine whether BMI categories and BMI trajectories were
longitudinally associated with frailty in older adults via systematic review and meta-analysis …

Background and objective Increasing age has unintended physical consequences, and
Body Mass Index (BMI) can be related to various aspects of health in older people. Frailty as …

Objective This study aimed to assess the relationship between weight history during
adulthood and frailty in late life in men and women participating in the GAZEL (GAZ and …

Background Parallel to growth of aging and obese populations, the prevalence of metabolic
diseases is rising. How body mass index (BMI) relates to frailty and mortality across frailty …

Obese older people are more likely to be frail than those with a normal body mass index
(BMI), but the results of individual studies have been inconsistent. We conducted a …

Objectives Few studies have focused on weight change and frailty, especially in Asia. This
research aimed to evaluate midlife body mass index (BMI) trajectory and assess its …

Purposes The relationship between body mass index (BMI) and frailty in older Mexican
Americans has not been previously studied. The objective of this study was to examine the …

Objective To estimate trajectories of body mass index (BMI) and determine their association
with incident frailty in later life. Methods Data come from the 2004 to 2012 waves of the …

Background This study aims to assess the possible relationship between frailty and
anthropometric indices in older adults using data from the first phase of the Birjand …

In older age, body composition changes as fat mass increases and redistributes. Therefore,
the current body mass index (BMI) classification may not accurately reflect risk in older …