Predictive Value of the GLIM Criteria in Chinese Community-Dwelling and Institutionalized Older Adults Aged 70 Years and Over.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) has recently published criteria for classifying malnutrition. This study investigated the associations between malnutrition and adverse outcomes, and identified which component(s) of the GLIM criteria is/are risk factor(s) of adverse outcomes in Chinese older adults.

Design

A prospective cohort study of Chinese older adults in a healthy ageing study.

Setting

Participants' place of residence.

Participants

Community-dwelling and institutionalized Chinese older adults aged ≥70 years living in Hong Kong.

Measurements

Malnutrition at baseline was classified according to selected GLIM criteria. Adverse outcomes including poor self-rated health, functional limitation (Barthel Index), falls, frai

SUBMITTER: Yeung SSY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12280658 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature