Authors
Ai Koyanagi, Maria Victoria Moneta, Noe Garin, Beatriz Olaya, Jose Luis Ayuso-Mateos, Somnath Chatterji, Matilde Leonardi, Päivi Sainio, Aleksander Galas, Josep Maria Haro
Publication date
2015/4/1
Journal
BMJ open
Volume
5
Issue
4
Pages
e007313
Publisher
British Medical Journal Publishing Group
Description
Objective
The association between obesity and disability may differ between high-income and low-income/middle-income countries but there are no studies comparing this association between these settings. The aim of the study was to assess this association in nine countries using nationally-representative data from the Collaborative Research on Ageing in Europe (COURAGE) study and the WHO9s Study on global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE).
Design
Population-based cross-sectional study
Setting
The survey was conducted in China, Finland, Ghana, India, Mexico, Poland, Russia, South Africa and Spain between 2007 and 2012.
Participants
42 116 individuals 50 years and older. The institutionalised and those with limited cognition were excluded.
Primary outcome measure
Disability was defined as severe or extreme difficulty in conducting at least one of six types of basic activities of daily living (ADL …
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