Fruit and vegetable intake and risk of frailty in women 60 years old or older.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior research has suggested that the antioxidative and anti-inflammatory potential of fruits and vegetables may ameliorate aging-related frailty.

Objective

We sought to prospectively examine the association between fruit and vegetable intake and incident frailty in older women.

Design

We followed 78,366 nonfrail women aged ≥60 y from the Nurses' Health Study from 1990 to 2014. In this analysis, the primary exposure was the intake of total fruits and vegetables, assessed with an FFQ administered 6 times during follow-up. Frailty was defined as having ≥3 of the following 5 criteria from the FRAIL scale: fatigue, poor strength, low aerobic capacity, having ≥5 illnesses, and ≥5% weight loss. Cox models adjusted for potential confounders were used to estimate H

SUBMITTER: Fung TT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7727483 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature