Introduction
weight gain, weight loss
CVD, ADIPOSITY, EVENTS
As individuals age, many experience a slow but progressive decrease in weight.One recently published systematic review of 30 studies reported that in older adults, weight loss, weight gain, or weight fluctuation was associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality.Waist circumference (WC) may be a better measure than body weight to estimate all-cause mortality, CVD mortality, and premature mortality because it captures the negative outcomes of abdominal adiposity,In the Aspirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) randomized clinical trial,