Body mass index and physical frailty among older Mexican Americans: Findings from an 18-year follow up

• Megan Rutherford,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

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• Brian Downer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Population Health and Health Disparities/School of Public and Population Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

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• Chih-Ying Li,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Occupational Therapy/School of Health Professions, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

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• Lin-Na Chou,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Data Science/School of Public and Population Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

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• Soham Al Snih

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: soalsnih@utmb.edu

  Affiliations Department of Population Health and Health Disparities/School of Public and Population Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America, Division of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine/Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America, Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0681-4641

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