: a complete census was conducted in Lafaiete Coutinho (January 2011) for the identification of 316 older adults (≥60 years) by a cross-sectional, population-based household survey called “Nutritional status, risk behaviors and health conditions of older adults residents of Lafaiete Coutinho, Bahia”. Measurement by physical performance tests including the chair stand test, The pick up a penny test and the walking test. And BMI including body mass and Height. The associations between BMI (explanatory variable) and performance at each physical performance test (dependent variables) were tested with Cox's regression technique for survival analysis with multiple modeling adjusted by gender and age and analyzed with statistical program SPSS version 16.0.