Malnutrition and frailty in community dwelling older adults living in a rural setting.

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Abstract

Malnutrition and frailty are frequent and serious conditions within the geriatric population. Both are of multifactorial origin and linked to adverse outcomes. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationships between these two concepts in a representative sample of rural elderly Lebanese with a high prevalence of malnutrition.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Clin Nutr

Title: Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1532-1983

ISSN (Print): 0261-5614

Publication date (Electronic): Feb 2016

Volume: 35

Issue: 1

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[1 ] Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Pharmacy, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon. Electronic address: christa.boulos@gmail.com.

[2 ] Faculty of Pharmacy, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon. Electronic address: pascalesalameh1@hotmail.com.

[3 ] Univ. Bordeaux, ISPED, Centre INSERM U897-Epidemiologie-Biostatistique, F-33000 Bordeaux, France; INSERM, ISPED, Centre INSERM U897-Epidemiologie-Biostatistique, F-33000 Bordeaux, France. Electronic address: Pascale.Barberger-gateau@isped.u-bordeaux2.fr.

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Publisher Item ID: S0261-5614(15)00028-X

DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2015.01.008

PubMed ID: 25649256

SO-VID: 2ccaac74-e53f-4af4-a593-21742a2a20de

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Keywords: Epidemiological study,Frail elderly,MNA,Malnutrition

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Keywords: Epidemiological study, Frail elderly, MNA, Malnutrition

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