Chest width, waist circumference, and thigh circumference are predictors of dementia

• Published in: International journal of geriatric psychiatry Vol. 33; no. 8; pp. 1019 - 1027
• Main Authors: Liao, Pei‐Ju, Lin, Tzu‐Yu, Ting, Ming‐Kuo, Peng, Tsung‐I, Chiou, Wen‐Ko, Chen, Li‐Hsuan, Hsu, Kuang‐Hung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.08.2018
• Subjects: Aged; Body Mass Index; Body measurements; Chest; chest width; Dementia; Dementia - diagnosis; Dementia disorders; Female; Geriatric psychiatry; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Predictive Value of Tests; Proportional Hazards Models; Risk Factors; Taiwan; Thigh - anatomy & histology; thigh circumference; Thorax - anatomy & histology; three‐dimensional anthropometrics; Waist Circumference; Taiwan; dementia; thigh circumference; waist circumference; chest width; three-dimensional anthropometrics

Objective Few studies have investigated the relationship between specific body measures and dementia. Methods Three‐dimensional anthropometric body surface scanning data containing 38 body measures were collected from 6831 participants from the health examination department of a medical center in Ta...