Obesity versus underweight: the prognostic impact of body mass phenotypes in hospitalized older patients

• Main Authors: Jarson Pedro da Costa Pereira (Author), Cláudia Porto Sabino Pinho (Author), Roana Carolina Bezerra dos Santos (Author), Stephany Beatriz do Nascimento (Author), Letícia Sabino Santos (Author), Taynara de Sousa Rego Mendes (Author), José Reginaldo Alves de Queiroz Júnior (Author), Maria Conceição Chaves de Lemos (Author), Alcides da Silva Diniz (Author), Poliana Coelho Cabral (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Brazilian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To compare the frequency of underweight and obesity among previously hospitalized older adults and analyze their association with malnutrition, sarcopenia, frailty, inflammatory markers, and adverse outcomes both during hospitalization and after discharge. Methods: This secondary analysis...