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We read with interest the article by Landi et al¹ that investigated the relationship between body mass index ([BMI] calculated as the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) and mortality among hospitalized patients. In this article, the relationship between BMI and mortality in younger patients was hyperbolic, with increased death rates at the lowest and highest BMI values. Older subjects, on the other hand, had an increased death rate at the lowest BMI values with only a slight elevation at the highest BMI values. All subjects who were 65 years or older were grouped in 1 category in this study.

We would like to share with the readers the results of a study we conducted in 1998 to investigate if there is a difference in the relationship between BMI and mortality among the younger geriatric (65-80 years) compared with the older geriatric (80 . . . [Full Text of this Article]