A higher adherence to a mediterranean-style diet is inversely associated with the development of frailty in community-dwelling elderly men and women

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2161-2166

  Talegawkar, Sameera A ^a   Bandinelli, Stefania ^c   Bandeen Roche, Karen ^b   Chen, Ping ^a   Milaneschi, Yuri ^d,e   Tanaka, Toshiko ^d   Semba, Richard D ^f   Guralnik, Jack M ^g   Ferrucci, Luigi ^d  

^a Center for Human Nutrition   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HUMAN; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCORING SYSTEM; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; WALKING;

EID: 84872249834     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.112.165498     Document Type: Article

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