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The cut-off values of anthropometric variables for predicting mild cognitive impairment in Malaysian older adults: a large population based cross-sectional study

Overview of attention for article published in Clinical Interventions in Aging, February 2017
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Title
The cut-off values of anthropometric variables for predicting mild cognitive impairment in Malaysian older adults: a large population based cross-sectional study
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Clinical Interventions in Aging, February 2017
DOI 10.2147/cia.s118942
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Huiloo Won, Manaf Zahara Abdul, Arimi Fitri Mat Ludin, Mohd Azahadi Omar, Rosdinom Razali, Suzana Shahar

Abstract

Older adults are at risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and simple anthropometric measurements can be used to screen for this condition. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore the cut-off values of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) for predicting the risk of MCI in older Malaysian adults. A total of 2,240 Malaysian older adults aged ≥60 years were recruited using multistage random sampling in a population based cross-sectional study. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to determine the cut-off values of BMI and WC with optimum sensitivity and specificity for the detection of MCI. Age, gender, years of education, smoking habit, alcohol consumption, depression, and medical conditions were used as confounding factors in this analysis. A BMI cut-off value of 26 kg/m(2) (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve [AUC] 0.725; sensitivity 90.5%; specificity 38.8%) was appropriate in identifying the risk of getting MCI in both men and women. The optimum WC cut-offs for likelihood of MCI were 90 cm (AUC 0.745; sensitivity 78.0%; specificity 59.8%) for men and 82 cm (AUC 0.714; sensitivity 84.3%; specificity 49.7%) for women. The optimum calf circumference (CC) cut-off values for identifying MCI were 29 cm (AUC 0.731; sensitivity 72.6%; specificity 61.1%) for men and 26 cm (AUC 0.598; sensitivity 79.1%; specificity 45.3%) for women. The cut-off values could be advocated and used as part of the screening of MCI among older Malaysian adults. There is a need to further determine the predictive values of these cut-off points on outcomes through longitudinal study design.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 62 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 11 18%
Student > Bachelor 10 16%
Student > Master 6 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 8%
Other 4 6%
Other 6 10%
Unknown 20 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 9 15%
Medicine and Dentistry 9 15%
Psychology 6 10%
Social Sciences 4 6%
Environmental Science 2 3%
Other 9 15%
Unknown 23 37%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 February 2017.
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#4,761,537
of 25,382,440 outputs
Outputs from Clinical Interventions in Aging
#484
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#89,538
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Outputs of similar age from Clinical Interventions in Aging
#18
of 42 outputs
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