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Nutritional Status Among Older Adults. Risk Factors and Consequences of Malnutrition

NCT01161342 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1771

Last updated 2015-08-26

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Summary

The aim of the study is to estimate the prevalence of malnutrition among older adults admitted to hospital and to analyse predictive factors for malnutrition. Further, the aim was to analyse the association between nutritional status and all-cause and cause-specific mortality.

The hypothesis is that malnourished patients have a higher mortality then well-nourished patients after three years.

Conditions

  • Malnutrition

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Sweden

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Uppsala University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Leif Bergkvist, Professor · The Center for Clinical research, the County Council of Vestmanland/Uppsala University, Sweden

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-03-31
Primary Completion
2009-05-31
Completion
2009-05-31

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