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SUBMITTER: Kim SY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4998385 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim So Young SY Kim Min-Su MS Sim Songyong S Park Bumjung B Choi Hyo Geun HG
Medicine 20160301 12
The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between falls and obesity using Asian body mass index (BMI) classifications. Using the data from the Korean community health survey in 2011, a total of 229,226 participants ranging from 19 to 106 years old were included in this study. The BMI groups were classified as underweight (<18.5), healthy (18.5 ≤ BMI < 23), overweight (23 ≤ BMI <25), and obese (≥25) using Asian BMI classifications. The associations between BMI groups and falls ( ...[more]