High risk of malnutrition is associated with low muscle mass in older hospitalized patients - a prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Malnutrition, low muscle strength and muscle mass are highly prevalent in older hospitalized patients and associated with adverse outcomes. Malnutrition may be a risk factor for developing low muscle mass. We aimed to investigate the association between the risk of malnutrition and 1) mu...

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Autores principales: Pierik, Vincent D., Meskers, Carel G. M., Van Ancum, Jeanine M., Numans, Siger T., Verlaan, Sjors, Scheerman, Kira, Kruizinga, Roeliene C., Maier, Andrea B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5460455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28583070
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0505-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5460455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28583070
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0505-5

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