The Association of Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index and Total Lymphocyte Count with Short-Term Nutrition-Related Complications in Institutionalised Elderly

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 406-413

  Cereda, Emanuele ^a   Pusani, Chiara ^b   Vanotti, Alfredo ^b   Limonta, Daniela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ASL Como   (Italy)

^c Fondazione casa di riposo Dottor Luigi e Regina Sironi ONLUS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI); Immune system; Long term care; Total lymphocytes count

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DECUBITUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME FOR THE AGED; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALNUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 58149378646     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2008.10719718     Document Type: Article

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