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Association between anorexia and hyposalivation in community-dwelling older adults in Japan: a 6-year longitudinal study

BACKGROUND: Hyposalivation is associated with the nutritional status. Anorexia of ageing, defined as an age-related decrease in appetite and food intake, presents even in healthy adults and is considered an independent predictor of malnutrition, frailty, and mortality. However, the relationship betw...

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Autores principales: Ohara, Yuki, Kawai, Hisashi, Shirobe, Maki, Motokawa, Keiko, Fujiwara, Yoshinori, Kim, Hunkyung, Ihara, Kazushige, Obuchi, Shuichi, Edahiro, Ayako, Iwasaki, Masanori, Watanabe, Yutaka, Hirano, Hirohiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7691094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33238938
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01905-0