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Higher protein intake is associated with a lower likelihood of frailty among older women, Kuopio OSTPRE-Fracture Prevention Study

PURPOSE: Nordic nutrition recommendations (2012) suggest protein intake ≥ 1.1 g/kg body weight (BW) to preserve physical function in Nordic older adults. However, no published study has used this cut-off to evaluate the association between protein intake and frailty. This study examined associations...

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Autores principales: Isanejad, Masoud, Sirola, Joonas, Rikkonen, Toni, Mursu, Jaakko, Kröger, Heikki, Qazi, Sarang Latif, Tuppurainen, Marjo, Erkkilä, Arja T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7098934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31065844
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00394-019-01978-7