Dean E, et al. - Researchers examined a cohort of older, inpatient women, for the prevalence of body image dysfunction among them. In addition, they sought for the associated health or socio-demographic factors. In this cross-sectional, observational study of 50 older women, only 3 women presented body image dysfunction using suggested cut-off scores from the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ-34), yielding a prevalence rate of only 6%. After controlling for multiple variables, however, significant and independent association of both higher Geriatric Depression Screen score and higher BMI with poorer body image was evident; the strongest association was noted between higher BSQ-34 score and higher BMI. Moreover, this association was even greater when high BMI and depression occurred together, accounting for over 50% of the impact on body image scores.