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**bushomeworkk** · 08-30-2012, 07:22 PM

Obesity continued to be a predictor of death for those aged 75-84, notes Prof. Cohen-Mansfield. But past the age of 85, participants who were in the obese category were not only at lower risk of death than their underweight peers, but also appeared to be less at risk than those who had a normal weight as well.

The odds ratio was 0.944 and the P value was >0.05...

if it's not significant, it's not significant...

obesity in an 85 year old is generally going to point to a level of increased affluence - I'd suggest the lower level of stress on the body from increased affluence is going to play a major role with survival...

08-30-2012, 07:22 PM	#5
bushomeworkk Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 360 Senior Member	Obesity continued to be a predictor of death for those aged 75-84, notes Prof. Cohen-Mansfield. But past the age of 85, participants who were in the obese category were not only at lower risk of death than their underweight peers, but also appeared to be less at risk than those who had a normal weight as well. The odds ratio was 0.944 and the P value was >0.05... if it's not significant, it's not significant... obesity in an 85 year old is generally going to point to a level of increased affluence - I'd suggest the lower level of stress on the body from increased affluence is going to play a major role with survival...
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