Nutritional and psycho-functional status in elderly patients with alzheimer's disease

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-236

  Saragat, B ^a   Buffa, R ^a   Mereu, E ^a   Succa, V ^a   Cabras, S ^a   Mereu, R M ^b   Viale, D ^b   Putzu, P F ^b   Marini, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b SS Trinit Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Bioelectrical impedance vector analysis; Mini nutritional assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LAWTON INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84860879236     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-011-0347-3     Document Type: Article

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