Association between Obesity and Unintentional Injury in Older Adults
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OBJECTIVE: To test the association between obesity and specific types and anatomical sites of unintentional injuries in older adults. METHODS: Participants consisted of 52,857 men and women aged ≥65 years from the 2003 and 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey. Weight, height, and details on injuries occurring in the past year were obtained by survey. RESULTS: Obese individuals had a higher risk for sprains/strains occurring at any anatomical site (odds ratio, 95% confidence interval: men 1.48, 1.48-1.62; women 1.14, 1.10-1.27). Conversely, obese individuals were less likely to have a fracture at any anatomical location (men 0.56, 0.50-0.63; women 0.66, 0.51-0.92) or at the hip (men 0.31, 0.12-0.53; women 0.42, 0.29-0.92). Finally, obese older adults did not experience more superficial injuries than normal-weight individuals. CONCLUSION: Among this large sample of older adults, obesity provided some protection against fractures but was associated with higher odds for sprains/strains.
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Obesity in the elderly can favor joint dysfunction, chronic pain, disabilities relating to activities of daily living, and frailty, damaging functional status more than obesity or sarcopenia alone.
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- Authors
- Bouchard, D. R., Pickett, W., & Janssen, I.
- Affiliations
- Queen's University (CA)
- Venue
- Obesity Facts
- Publisher
- S. Karger AG
- Published
- 2010
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 363-369
- ISSN
- 1662-4025 (ISSN-L)
- 1662-4033
- PMC
- PMC6515856
- OpenAlex
- W2029624225
- Cited by
- 22
- References
- 48
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 5.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Obesity Facts (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Keywords
- obesity, unintentional injuries, older adults, sprains and strains, fracture, hip fracture, injury risk, body weight, sex differences
- MeSH terms
- Accidents, Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Biomechanical Phenomena, Canada, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Obesity, Risk Factors, Sprains and Strains, Chi-Square Distribution, Logistic Models, Odds Ratio, Risk Assessment, Fractures, Bone
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