The lack of opportunity to eat together is associated with an increased risk of weight loss among independent older adults: a prospective cohort study based on the JAGES
The lack of opportunity to eat together is associated with an increased risk of weight loss among independent older adults: a prospective cohort study based on the JAGES
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DOI:
10.1093/ageing/afac022
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发表时间:
2022-03-01
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影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Osaka,Ken
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作者:
Kusama,Taro;Kiuchi,Sakura;Osaka,Ken
Objectivethe present study aimed to investigate the relationship between the frequency of eating together and the risk of weight loss in older adults.Methodsthis was a three-year follow-up prospective cohort study based on a self-reported questionnaire. We used data from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES) conducted in 2016 and 2019. The participants were independent older adults aged ≥65 years in Japan. We used >5% weight loss during follow-up as the outcome variable and frequency of eating together as the explanatory variable. The relative risks (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) were estimated based on the Poisson regression model with a Huber–White sandwich estimator for standard errors, including possible confounders.Resultsamong 56,919 participants, the mean age was 73.0 years (1SD = 5.5) at baseline, and 47.9% were male. About 15.1% (n= 8,596) of the participants experienced >5% weight loss during follow-up. The proportion of each category of the eating together frequency was 36.6% for ‘every day’, 10.3% for ‘several times a week’, 26.8% for ‘several times a month’, 20.5% for ‘several times a year’ and 5.8% for ‘seldom’. Compared to ‘every day’, only ‘several times a year (RR = 1.07, 95% CI = 1.01–1.13)’ and ‘seldom (RR = 1.17, 95% CI = 1.08–1.27)’ were significantly associated with the increased risk of >5% weight loss.Conclusionthere is a temporal association between less frequent opportunities to eat together and the increased risk of weight loss among independent older adults.