Guava Fruit and Acacia pennata Vegetable Intake Association with Frailty of Older Adults in Northern Thailand.

ABSTRACT: As Thailand moves toward an aging society, frailty has become a concern amongst northern Thai elderly. The causes of frailty are multifactorial and include genetic, environmental, and socio-economic factors; diet is of particular interest. A cross-sectional study was conducted from September to October 2017 to investigate what kind of diets normally consumed by 350 Thai elders were associated with frailty using a questionnaire and frailty determination by Fried's phenotype followed by phytochemical analyses of the diets. The multivariable logistic regression analysis demonstrated a significant positive association between certain foods and lower frailty. Guava fruit and Acacia pennata vegetable consumption had lower odds of frailty, which were 0.52 times (95% CI 0.28-0.96, p = 0.037) and 0

SUBMITTER: Ruangsuriya J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8954598 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature