Nutritional and Frailty State Transitions in the Singapore Longitudinal Aging Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malnutrition is a major determinant of the physical frailty syndrome. Dynamic transitions in frailty states over time is well documented, but few studies have documented temporal changes in nutritional states and whether they influence frailty outcomes.

Design

Longitudinal cohort study.

Setting and participants

Community-dwelling older Singaporeans aged ≥55y with a 5-year follow-up (n=1162) in the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Study 2 (SLAS-2).

Measurements

The Mini Nutritional Assessment Short-Form (MNA-SF) was used to determine nutritional status, and the Fried's criteria (shrinking, weakness, slowness, exhaustion and inactivity) was used to assess physical frailty phenotype at both baseline and follow-up. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence inter

SUBMITTER: Wei K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12280415 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature