Mini-Nutritional-Assessment (MNA) without Body Mass Index (BMI) predicts functional disability in elderly Taiwanese

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Lee, Li Chin ^a,b   Tsai, Alan Chung hong ^a,c  

^a ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGS' TAICHUNG METROHARBOR HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Functional decline; MNA; Nutritional status; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAIWAN;

EID: 84859812605     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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