Malnutrition is associated with increased mortality in older adults regardless of the cause of death
| Autor: | Eva Thors Adolfsson, Andreas Rosenblad, Leif Bergkvist, Lisa Söderström |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Medicine (miscellaneous) Nutritional Status Cohort Studies 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cause of Death Medicine International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Intensive care medicine Nutritional risk Cause of death Aged Aged 80 and over 030109 nutrition & dietetics Nutrition and Dietetics business.industry Proportional hazards model Mortality Premature Hazard ratio Malnutrition medicine.disease Well nourished Female business Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | The British journal of nutrition. 117(4) |
| ISSN: | 1475-2662 |
| Popis: | Malnutrition predicts preterm death, but whether this is valid irrespective of the cause of death is unknown. The aim of the present study was to determine whether malnutrition is associated with cause-specific mortality in older adults. This cohort study was conducted in Sweden and included 1767 individuals aged ≥65 years admitted to hospital in 2008–2009. On the basis of the Mini Nutritional Assessment instrument, nutritional risk was assessed as well nourished (score 24–30), at risk of malnutrition (score 17–23·5) or malnourished (score |
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