Prevalence of undernutrition in elderly patients hospitalized in a geriatric unit in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1005-1011

  Coelho, Adriana K ^a   Rocha, Fabio L ^a   Fausto, Maria A ^b  

^a Instituto de Previdencia Dos Servidores do Estado de Minas Gerais IPSEMG   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthropometric evaluation; Calf circumference; Hospitalized elderly population; Indicators of undernutrition; Nutritional assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORD; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CHOLESTEROL; COGNITION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33749254220     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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