Relationship between nutritional status and frailty in hospitalized older patients
Relationship between nutritional status and frailty in hospitalized older patients
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DOI:
10.2147/cia.s189040
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发表时间:
2019-01-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Chen, Lingyan
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作者:
Hong, Xiufang;Yan, Jing;Chen, Lingyan
Objective: The definition of frailty still lacks quantitative biomarkers. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between nutrition-related biomarkers and frailty in hospitalized older patients.Materials and methods: This is a cross-sectional study including 380 hospitalized older patients. The patients were categorized as nonfrail (n=140), prefrail (n=81), and frail (n=159) by the criteria of frailty phenotype. The nutritional status was assessed using the mini nutritional assessment-short form (MNA-SF), levels of serum transferrin (TNF), prealbumin (PA), total protein (TP), albumin (ALB), retinol-binding protein (RBP), and hemoglobin (Hb).Results: The grip strength, levels of scrum TFN, TP, ALB, Hb, and MNA-SF scores all decreased significantly in the order of nonfrail, prefrail, and frail groups (P