The longitudinal change in anthropometric measurements and the association with physical function decline in Japanese community-dwelling frail elderly

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 289-294

  Izawa, Sachiko ^a   Enoki, Hiromi ^a   Hirakawa, Yoshihisa ^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

Activities of daily living; Declining activity of daily living score; Declining anthropometric measurement; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; BODY SIZE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; JAPAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 75549087338     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509991723     Document Type: Article

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