Prospective Associations of Diet Quality With Incident Frailty in Older Adults: The Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To examine associations of diet quality indicators with 4-year incidence of frailty in community-dwelling older adults. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study, United States. PARTICIPANTS:Community-dwelling men and women, aged 70 to 81 years in 1998 to 1999 (first follow-up, present study's baseline; n = 2154). MEASUREMENTS:At first follow-up, dietary intake over the preceding year was assessed with a food frequency questionnaire. Indicators of diet quality include the Healthy Eating Index (categorized as poor, medium, and good), energy intake, and protein intake (a priori adjusted for energy intake using the nutrient residual model). Frailty status was determined using Fried's five-component frailty phenotype and categorized into "robu

SUBMITTER: Hengeveld LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6771787 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature