Does the association between adiposity measures and pre-frailty among older adults vary by social position? Findings from the Tromsø study 2015/2016 ...

• Main Authors: Uchai, Shreeshti, Andersen, Lene Frost, Thoresen, Magne, Hopstock, Laila A., Hjartåker, Anette
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: figshare 2024
• Subjects: Space Science; Medicine; Neuroscience; Physiology; FOS: Biological sciences; Biotechnology; Evolutionary Biology; Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; Sociology; FOS: Sociology; Cancer; Mental Health; Infectious Diseases; FOS: Health sciences; Tromsø
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.7264129.v1; https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/Does_the_association_between_adiposity_measures_and_pre-frailty_among_older_adults_vary_by_social_position_Findings_from_the_Troms_study_2015_2016/7264129/1

Abstract Introduction Pre-frailty provides an ideal opportunity to prevent physical frailty and promote healthy ageing. Excess adiposity has been associated with an increased risk of pre-frailty, but limited studies have explored whether the association between adiposity measures and pre-frailty varies by social position. Methods We used data from the seventh survey of the Tromsø Study (Tromsø7) conducted in 2015–2016. Our primary sample consisted of 2,945 women and 2,794 men aged ≥ 65 years. Pre-frailty was defined as the presence of one or two of the five frailty components: low grip strength, slow walking speed, exhaustion, unintentional weight loss and low physical activity. Adiposity was defined by body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), fat mass index (FMI) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) mass. Education and subjective social position were used as measures of social position. Poisson regression with robust variance was used to assess the association between adiposity measures and ...