OBJECTIVE: To assess the role of @entity1144 in the incidence of disability in older adults living in S  o Paulo, Brazil, in a 5-year period. DESIGN: Longitudinal study, part of the SABE Study (Health, Wellbeing and Aging). We assessed the disability incidence in the period (reported difficulty in at least one activity of daily living (ADL) in 2010) in relation to @entity1144 in 2006 (waist circumference >= 102 cm in @entity1 and >= 88 cm in @entity1 ). We used Poisson regression to evaluate the association between @entity28 and disability incidence, adjusting for sociodemographic and clinical factors including BMI. SETTING: S  o Paulo, Brazil. SUBJECTS: Older adults (n 1109) who were independent in ADL in 2006. In 2010, 789 of these were located and re-interviewed. RESULTS: The crude disability incidence (at least one ADL) was 27  1/1000 @entity1 -years in the period. The incidence rate was two times higher in @entity1 with @entity1144 compared with those without (39  1/1000 and 19  4/1000 @entity1 -years, respectively; P<0  001). This pattern was observed in all BMI levels. In regression models, @entity1144 remained associated with disability incidence (incidence rate ratio=1  90; P<0  03), even after controlling for BMI, gender, age, low grip strength, @entity73 , physical inactivity and @entity102 . CONCLUSIONS: @entity1144 was strong risk factor for disability, showing a more significant effect than BMI, and thus should be an intervention target for older adults. Waist measure is simple, cost-effective and easily interpreted, and therefore can be used in several settings to identify individuals at higher risk of disability.

XXXX as a risk factor for disability in Brazilian older adults.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'women', 'person', 'men'] @entity28 :: ('MESH:D009765', 'Disease') :: ['obesity'] @entity73 :: ('MESH:D003072', 'Disease') :: ['cognitive impairment'] @entity102 :: ('MESH:D002908', 'Disease') :: ['chronic diseases'] @entity1144 :: ('MESH:D056128', 'Disease') :: ['abdominal obesity', 'Abdominal obesity']
@entity1144 :: (MESH:D056128,Disease) :: ['Abdominal obesity']
