Influence of oral nutritional agents rich in soluble dietary fiber on intestinal flora of elderly men with malnutrition.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Observe the influence of oral nutritional agents rich in soluble dietary (enteral nutritional suspension [TPF-DM]) on intestinal flora of elderly male subjects with malnutrition.

Method

Seventy-eight subjects with good nutrition were considered as the healthy control group. Twenty-eight male subjects who had malnutrition and were older than 70 years were included and randomly divided into the short-term (3 months) intervention group (n = 20) and the long-term (12 months) group (n = 8). They were provided with enteral nutritional suspension (TPF-DM) 500 mL/day or maximum tolerance dose, so as to observe the changes in nutrition-related indexes and intestinal flora after the elderly take enteral nutritional suspension (TPF-DM).

Results

(1) For elderly male sub

SUBMITTER: Yu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8444960 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature