Nutrition Risk Factors for Survival in the Elderly Living in Canadian Long-Term Care Facilities

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-65

  Allard, Johane P ^a   Aghdassi, Elaheh ^a   McArthur, Margaret ^b   McGeer, Allison ^b   Simor, Andrew ^c   Abdolell, Mohamed ^d,e   Stephens, Derek ^d,e   Liu, Barbara ^c  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropometrics; Bioelectric impedance; Elderly; Long term care facilities; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ONTARIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0347129642     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52011.x     Document Type: Article

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