Plant-based diets and risk of frailty in community-dwelling older adults: the Seniors-ENRICA-1 cohort.

ABSTRACT: Frailty is a geriatric syndrome that leads to increased risk of hospitalization, disability, and death. The effect of plant-based diets defined by the quality of their plant foods is unclear. Our objective is to study the association between two plant-based diet indices and the occurrence of frailty among community-dwelling older adults in Spain. We analyzed data from 1880 individuals aged ≥ 60 years from the Spanish Seniors ENRICA-1 cohort. We used a validated diet history to build two indices: (a) the healthful Plant-based Diet Index (hPDI) where healthy plant foods received positive scores, whereas less-healthy plant foods and animal foods received reverse scores; and (b) the unhealthful Plant-based Diet Index (uPDI), with positive scores to less-healthy plant foods and reverse scores t

SUBMITTER: Maroto-Rodriguez J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9886709 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature