Prevalence of risk of undernutrition is associated with poor health status in older people in the UK

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-74

  Margetts, B M ^a   Thompson, R L ^a   Elia, M ^a   Jackson, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BMI; Illness; Poor health; Undernutrition; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; RETINOL; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037261446     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601499     Document Type: Article

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