Nutritional status and falls in community-dwelling older people: a longitudinal study of a population-based random sample.

Falls are common in older people and may lead to functional decline, disability, and death. Many risk factors have been identified, but studies evaluating effects of nutritional status are limited. To determine whether nutritional status is a predictor of falls in older people living in the communit...

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Main Authors: Ming-Hung Chien, How-Ran Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3948728?pdf=render