Nutritional status predicts preterm death in older people: A prospective cohort study

Abstract

Nutritional status predicts preterm death in older people: a prospective cohort study.

Assessing the nutritional status of older individuals in family practice: Evaluation and implications for management

“…Indeed, the association between malnutrition and mortality has been recently confirmed by the application of MNA to a cohort of aged people admitted to hospital and followed for 50 months [25]. In that study, the survival rate was significantly lower for malnourished individuals who showed more than doubled difference in the hazard ratio for all causes of death compared to at risk subjects.…”

Factors associated with sarcopenia and undernutrition in older adults

“…Sarcopenia and undernutrition are both associated with higher care costs and several adverse health outcomes, namely poor quality of life, prolonged length of stay in hospital and mortality . Routine undernutrition identification is increasing in the clinical practice, but sarcopenia remains poorly identified.…”

Oral health matters for the nutritional status of older persons—A population‐based study

“…Malnutrition is common among older persons, especially those who are living in nursing homes (malnourished: 8.7%; at risk: 47.5%) and in hospitals (malnourished: 22.0%; at risk: 45.6%) (Cereda et al, 2016). Preventing malnutrition is important, as it is associated with severe consequences in older age, such as poor subjective health (Olin, Koochek, Ljungqvist, & Cederholm, 2005;Rasheed & Woods, 2014), decreased functional ability (Dent, Visvanathan, Piantadosi, & Chapman, 2012;Olin et al, 2005), morbidity (Green & Watson, 2006) and increased risk of earlier death (Dent et al, 2012;S€ oderstr€ om, Rosenblad, Adolfsson, Saletti, & Bergkvist, 2014). The association between oral health and nutrition has previously been described, such as the important prerequisite of the ability to chew and swallow for a healthy nutritional status in older persons (Andersson, Westergren, Karlsson, Rahm Hallberg, & Renvert, 2002;Batchelor, 2015;Cowan, Roberts, Fitzpatrick, While, & Baldwind, 2004;Nieuwenhuizen, Weenen, Rigby, & Hetherington, 2010;Pezzana et al, 2015;Pirlich & Lochs, 2001;Sheiham et al, 2001;Westergren et al, 2002).…”