The short-form mini-nutritional assessment is as effective as the full-mini nutritional assessment in predicting follow-up 4-year mortality in elderly Taiwanese

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 594-598

  Wang, J Y ^a   Tsai, Alan C ^a,b  

^a ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

elderly; Mini Nutritional Assessment; mortality; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALF CIRCUMFERENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL; TAIWAN;

AGED; AGING; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84888005203     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-013-0048-1     Document Type: Article

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