Dietary intake adequacy and cognitive function in free-living active elderly: A cross-sectional and short-term prospective study

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-86

  Velho, Sónia ^a   Marques Vidal, Pedro ^b   Baptista, Fátima ^c   Camilo, Maria Ermelinda ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DE ONCOLOGIA DE LISBOA FRANCISCO GENTIL   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR JOÃO LOBO ANTUNES   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cognitive function; Elderly; Fatty acids; Prospective study; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD COMPOSITION; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PORTUGAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGING; CALCIUM, DIETARY; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 39149112783     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2007.10.011     Document Type: Article

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