Lack of body weight measurement is associated with mortality and hospitalization in community-dwelling frail elderly

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 764-770

  Izawa, Sachiko ^a   Enoki, Hiromi ^a   Hirakawa, Yoshihisa ^a   Masuda, Yuichiro ^a   Iwata, Mitsunaga ^b   Hasegawa, Jun ^a   Iguchi, Akihisa ^a   Kuzuya, Masafumi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA EKISAIKAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthropometric measurement; Elderly; Hospitalization; Mortality; Weight

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 36048991156     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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