Erratum to: J Community Health DOI 10.1007/s10900-010-9245-6

This is how the following lines should read in the article:

Line A4. Delete resolv_inc@hotmail.com

Line 31: change weaker to weak

Line 35: add to the end of the sentence ending in North Carolina: “…, although only the weight loss association persisted after adjustment for health conditions.” The sentence should then read “In summary, weight gain and weight loss between middle and older adulthood were associated with severe functional limitations among older adults in North Carolina, although only the weight loss association persisted after adjustment for health conditions.”

At line 127, I think it should be “task” instead of “tasks”.

Line 154: change referent group to reference

Line 154: change dummy to indicator

Line 156: change referent to reference group

Line 194: change weaker to weak

At lines 188 and 189, I think the order of the prevalence ratios should be switched so it matches the order that weight gain and weight loss are listed. So line 188 and 189 should read, “(PR = 1.19, 95% CI: 1.04, 1.36 and PR = 1.58, 95% CI: 1.41, 1.78)”

Line 288–290: add to the end of ending in functional limitations: “…, although these associations were attenuated after adjusting for health conditions.” The sentence should then read: “In summary, weight gain and weight loss from middle-age to older adulthood among older adults in North Carolina were associated with severe functional limitations, although these associations were attenuated after adjusting for health conditions.”

In Table 1’s title, “race” should be removed