The influence of fruit and vegetable intake on the nutritional status and plasma homocysteine levels of institutionalised elderly people

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 266-272

  Bermejo, L M ^a   Aparicio, A ^a   Andres P ^b   Lopez Sobaler A M ^a   Ortega, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Elderly people; Fruit; Homocysteine; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; NICOTINIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; THIAMINE; ZINC; MINERAL; VITAMIN;

AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FISH; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEAT; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME FOR THE AGED; MEDICAL RECORD; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; SPAIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FRUIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MINERALS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SPAIN; VEGETABLES; VITAMINS;

EID: 34247628490     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007246580     Document Type: Article

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