Body Mass Index in Different Dementia Disorders: Results from the Swedish Dementia Quality Registry (SveDem)

Background: Most patients with dementia lose body weight over the course of the disease and have a lower body mass index (BMI) than subjects with normal cognition. Aims: To examine body mass index and how it correlates with cognitive status, age and gender in patients with different dementia disorde...

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Main Authors: Gerd Faxén-Irving, Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, Farshad Falahati, Lars Cedergren, Helen Göranzon, Kristine Wallman, Sara García-Ptacek, Maria Eriksdotter, Dorota Religa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2014-04-01
Series:Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/360415