Estimated height from knee-height in caucasian elderly: Implications on nutritional status by mini nutritional assessment

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-22

  Cereda, E ^a   Bertoli, S ^a   Vanotti, A ^b   Battezzati, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ASL Como   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Estimated height; Mini nutritional assessment (MNA); Nutritional status; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; PREALBUMIN;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DECUBITUS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INFECTION; ITALY; KAPPA STATISTICS; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKINFOLD; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; WEIGHT;

EID: 76749157165     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-010-0004-2     Document Type: Article

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