“…Although thiamin adequacy is normally achieved in healthy subjects eating according to present guidelines (IOM, 1998), thiamin (compared with other nutrients), represents a nutrient with very high potential for deficiency . In particular, older adults are at especially high risk for the development of thiamin deficiency (Kwoh, Falconer-Smeith, Potter, & Ives, 1992;Levy, Soine, Huth, & Fishbein, 1992). The increased risk for thiamin deficiency among older persons may result from a disproportionately high prevalence of multiple chronic diseases, overnight hospitalizations, and the use of prescription medications from a large number of therapeutic categories (Barrocas, Jastram, & McCabe, 2003;DeBrew, Barba, & Test, 1998).…”