Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index and overall-cause mortality prediction in institutionalised elderly: A 3-year survival analysis

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 717-723

  Cereda, Emanuele ^a,c   Zagami, Annunciata ^b   Vanotti, Alfredo ^c   Piffer, Silvano ^d   Pedrolli, Carlo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Casa di Riposo Bellaria   (Italy)

^c ASL Como   (Italy)

^d Provincial Agency for Health Services   (Italy)

^e Trento Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Albumin; Elderly; Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI); Long term care; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 53749088840     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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