Mid-arm and calf circumferences (MAC and CC) are better than body mass index (BMI) in predicting health status and mortality risk in institutionalized elderly Taiwanese

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 443-447

  Tsai, Alan Chung Hong ^a,b   Lai, Ming Chen ^a,c   Chang, Tsui Lan ^a,d  

^a ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Puli Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d Nursing Department   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Calf circumference; Functional status of elderly; Mid arm circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALF CIRCUMFERENCE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWANESE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LEG; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGAN SIZE; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84859864034     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.05.015     Document Type: Article

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