The Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Self‐Reported Functional Limitation Among Older Adults: A Gender Difference
- 1 April 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Vol. 49 (4) , 398-403
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49082.x
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether there is a gender difference in how body mass index (BMI) relates to self‐reported functional limitation. Also, to evaluate whether the method of categorizing BMI cha...Keywords
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