Dietary patterns, nutritional status, and mortality risks among the elderly.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

While most epidemiological studies have focused on the effects of individual dietary patterns and nutritional status on health, the relationships between the combinations of these factors and patient prognosis requires further investigation.

Objective

This study explored mortality risk in individuals with different combinations of dietary patterns or nutritional status.

Methods

Unsupervised K-means clustering was used to classify populations. The analyses included Cox proportional risk and competing risk models.

Results

After considering a complex sampling design, the results showed that among 12,724 participants aged >60 years, 6.99% died from cancer and 10.47% from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease (CCVD). After correcting for participan

SUBMITTER: Liu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9780274 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature