Micronutrient supplementation in mild Alzheimer disease patients
| Autor: | J. Rosselló, M Boada, Mercè Planas, Pilar Chacón, C. Pérez-Portabella, R. Burgos, Marcus Cristian Muniz Conde, S. Audivert, L.L Tàrraga |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Nutritional Supplementation Nutritional Status Disease Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Gastroenterology Body Mass Index Central nervous system disease Feeding and Eating Disorders Selenium Degenerative disease Cognition Weight loss Alzheimer Disease Memory Internal medicine medicine Humans Vitamin E Magnesium Micronutrients Aged Aged 80 and over Nutrition and Dietetics business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Micronutrient Skinfold Thickness Zinc Endocrinology Dietary Supplements Female Alzheimer's disease medicine.symptom business Energy Intake Body mass index |
| Zdroj: | Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland). 23(2) |
| ISSN: | 0261-5614 |
| Popis: | Objective: To evaluate if nutritional supplementation with or without micronutrient enhancement prevent weight loss and the progression of the disease in mild Alzheimer's Disease (AD) patients. Design: Mild AD patients were recruited from an Alzheimer Day Centre. Subjects received oral liquid supplements with (Study-group: S) or without (Control-group: C) micronutrient enhancement. Intake assessment, nutritional status, biochemical parameters, cognitive function, and eating behaviour disorders were determined at baseline and at 6 months of treatment. Results: At baseline both groups were not different in any variable measured. They were norm nourished, with normal biochemical parameters. Blandford scale demonstrated a mild alteration of feeding behaviour, the cognitive scale classified the patients as impaired and there was presence of memory complaints. After 6 months of nutritional supplements, a similar increase in energy consumption was observed in both groups of patients (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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