Serum albumin and health in older people: Review and meta analysis

Maturitas

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-27

  Cabrerizo, Sonia ^a   Cuadras, Daniel ^b   Gomez Busto, Fernando ^c   Artaza Artabe, Iñaki ^d   Marín Ciancas, Fernando ^a   Malafarina, Vincenzo ^a  

^a Nutrition Service   (Spain)

^b PARC SANITARI SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^c Residencia San Prudencia   (Spain)

^d Orue Centro Socio Sanitario   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ageing; Body composition; Hypoalbuminemia; Nutritional screening; Protein energy malnutrition; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEALTH STATUS; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; MORTALITY; MUSCLE MASS; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; AGED; BLOOD; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INFLAMMATION; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PROGNOSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INFLAMMATION; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGNOSIS; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 84928077446     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.02.009     Document Type: Review

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