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Methods: The study included a total of 2945 hospitalized older adults (median age 82 years). The associations between the presence of chronic diseases and Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) results were compared with WWI and BMI values. Results: The WWI was significantly higher in both sex groups suffering from hypertension, diabetes, osteoarthritis, and depression. In women, the parameter was increased among individuals with previous myocardial infarction, who presented heart failure symptoms or had chronic kidney disease diagnosed, whereas in men, among those with pulmonary diseases and osteoporosis, WWI was related to many CGA parameters oftentimes where BMI proved to fail. There was a positive correlation of WWI with the presence of depressive symptoms assessed with the geriatric depression scale (GDS) but no significant correlation with BMI. In multiple logistic regression models, WWI was a stronger predictor of depression as compared to waist circumference or the waist-to-height ratio. Conclusions: There is an association between a higher WWI and depression diagnosis as well as the presence of depressive symptoms according to the GDS in hospitalized older adults, both women and men. There is no such correlation between depression and BMI. Both high BMI and high WWI values seem to identify older patients with cardiometabolic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. 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