A modified Mini Nutritional Assessment without BMI predicts nutritional status of community-living elderly in Taiwan

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-189

  Tsai, A C ^a,b   Chang, T L ^a   Yang, T W ^c   Chang Lee, S N ^a   Tsay, S F ^d  

^a ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CHENG CHING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

BMI; Elderly; Mini Nutritional Assessment; Nutritional status; Taiwanese

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY LIVING; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN; DEMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK; TAIWAN;

EID: 77957291790     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-010-0046-5     Document Type: Article

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