Determination of whether the association between serum albumin and activities of daily living in frail elderly people is causal

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 164-168

  Kitamura, Kaori ^a   Nakamura, Kazutoshi ^b   Nishiwaki, Tomoko ^a   Ueno, Kimiko ^c   Nakazawa, Akemi ^d   Hasegawa, Mariko ^e  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Tohto University Towa Hospital   (Japan)

^e Minamiuonuma City Government   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Causality; Cohort studies; Frail elderly; Serum albumin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 84862842004     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-011-0233-y     Document Type: Article

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