Research Article
Is There a Reversal in the Effect of Obesity on Mortality in Old Age?
Table 1
Sample characteristics.
| | Total
() | Community dwellers
() | | M (SD)/% | M (SD)/% |
| | Age | 83.52 (5.42) | 83.10 (5.32) | | Gender (female) | 46.3 | 44.9 | | Place of birth | | | | Europe/America | 37.5 | 37 | | Middle East/N. Africa | 30.6 | 32.7 | | Israel | 31.8 | 30.3 | | Education () | 7.79 (5.54) | 7.63 (5.51) | | Financial status | | | | (no additional income) | 39.4 | 40.3 | | () | | | | Having children (yes) | 90.5 | 91.6 | | BMI | | | | Obese (>30) | 11.8 | 11.9 | | Underweight (<22) | 15.8 | 15.7 | | (missing) | 16 | 14.7 |
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