Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Incident Prefrailty and Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older People: The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.

ABSTRACT: There is limited evidence in the literature regarding associations between fruit and vegetable consumption and risk of frailty. To examine associations between fruit and vegetable consumption and risk of incident frailty and incident prefrailty/frailty. A prospective panel study. 2634 non-frail community-dwelling men and women aged 60 years or older from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). Fruit and vegetable consumption/day was measured using a self-completion questionnaire at baseline. Frailty status was measured at baseline and follow-up was based on modified frailty phenotype criteria. Four-year incident frailty was examined among 2634 robust or prefrail participants, and incident prefrailty/frailty was measured among 1577 robust participants. Multivariable logistic regres

SUBMITTER: Kojima G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7766547 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature