Physical frailty in older men: prospective associations with diet quality and patterns.

ABSTRACT:

Background

increasing numbers of older adults are living with frailty and its adverse consequences. We investigated relationships between diet quality or patterns and incident physical frailty in older British men and whether any associations were influenced by inflammation.

Methods

prospective study of 945 men from the British Regional Heart Study aged 70-92 years with no prevalent frailty. Incident frailty was assessed by questionnaire after 3 years of follow-up. Frailty was defined as having at least three of: low grip strength, low physical activity, slow walking speed, unintentional weight loss and feeling of low energy, all based on self-report. The Healthy Diet Indicator (HDI) based on WHO dietary guidelines and the Elderly Dietary Index (EDI) based on a Mediterranean

SUBMITTER: Parsons TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6503938 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature