title: Association between obesity and unintentional injury in older adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To test the association between obesity and specific types and anatomical sites of unintentional injuries in older adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants consisted of 52,857 men and women aged ≥65 years from the 2003 and 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey. Weight, height, and details on injuries occurring in the past year were obtained by survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Obese individuals had a higher risk for sprains/strains occurring at any anatomical site (odds ratio, 95% confidence interval: men 1.48, 1.48-1.62; women 1.14, 1.10-1.27). Conversely, obese individuals were less likely to have a fracture at any anatomical location (men 0.56, 0.50-0.63; women 0.66, 0.51-0.92) or at the hip (men 0.31, 0.12-0.53; women 0.42, 0.29-0.92). Finally, obese older adults did not experience more superficial injuries than normal-weight individuals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Among this large sample of older adults, obesity provided some protection against fractures but was associated with higher odds for sprains/strains.
authors.affiliation: School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada. Danielle.Bouchard@usherbroooke.ca
authors.forename: Danielle R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Bouchard
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pickett
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Janssen
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016017:Odds Ratio; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013180:Sprains and Strains / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology