The MNA, but not the DETERMINE, screening tool is a valid indicator of nutritional status in elderly Africans

Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 533-542

  Charlton, Karen E ^a   Kolbe Alexander, Tracy L ^b   Nel, Johanna H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africans; DETERMINE; Elderly; Mini Nutritional Assessment; Nutrition screening; Nutritional risk

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ASCORBIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FIELD WORK; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FUNCTION TEST; HAND GRIP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; VALIDITY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 34347205996     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2007.04.015     Document Type: Article

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