The Relationship Between a Mediterranean Diet and Frailty in Older Adults: NHANES 2007-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Frailty is a geriatric syndrome of significant public health concern that causes vulnerability to physiologic stressors and an increased risk of mortality and hospitalizations. Dietary intake and quality are contributing factors to the development of frailty. The Mediterranean diet is known to be one of the healthiest eating patterns with promising health impacts for prevention. We evaluated the association between Mediterranean diet patterns and frailty status.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data from 2007 to 2017. We included 7300 participants aged > 60 years who completed the first day of a 24 h diet recall and had full covariate data. We constructed an alternate Mediterranean diet (aMED) scor

SUBMITTER: Gross DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11767853 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature