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AJPH First Look, published online ahead of print Mar 29, 2007
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Associations Between Body Composition, Anthropometry, and Mortality in Women Aged 65 Years and Older

Chantal Matkin Dolan, PhD, MPH, Helena Kraemer, PhD, Warren Browner, MD, MPH, Kristine Ensrud, MD, MPH and Jennifer L. Kelsey, PhD

At the time of the study, Chantal Matkin Dolan and Jennifer L. Kelsey were with the Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif. Helena Kraemer was with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto. Warren Browner is with the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco, and the University of California, San Francisco. Kristine Ensrud is with the Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.


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  		FIGURE 1—— Quintiles of body composition measures and mortality risk in women aged 65 years and older: study of osteoporotic fractures; Baltimore, Md; Minneapolis, Minn; Portland, Ore; Monongahela Valley Area, Pa; 1986–1997

Note. To depict the curvilinear associations between the body size measures and mortality, each body size measure was categorized into 5 equally sized quintiles (on the basis of the distribution in the entire sample at visit 2). Ratios adjusted for age, smoking, self-reported health, grip strength, nonthiadine diuretic use, and femoral neck bone mineral density.

 




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