Higher estimates of daily dietary net endogenous acid production (NEAP) in the elderly as compared to the young in a healthy, free-living elderly population of Pakistan

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 565-573

  Alam, Iftikhar ^a,b   Alam, Ibrar ^c   Paracha, Parvez I ^c   Pawelec, Graham ^b  

^a BACHA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aging; Dietary acid loads; Fruits; NEAP; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; ELDERLY CARE; FOOD INTAKE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NET ENDOGENOUS ACID PRODUCTION; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAKISTAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ACIDS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PHOSPHORUS, DIETARY; POTASSIUM, DIETARY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84872332610     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S37158     Document Type: Article

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