Mini-Nutritional Assessment predicts functional decline of elderly Taiwanese: Result of a population-representative sample

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1707-1713

  Lee, Li Chin ^a,b   Tsai, Alan C ^a,c  

^a ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGS' TAICHUNG METROHARBOR HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Mini Nutritional Assessment; Nutritional status; Physical functional status; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; RISK; TAIWAN;

EID: 84861872211     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511004880     Document Type: Article

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