ArticleNutrition and metabolic insights2021
Associations between Food Group Intake and Physical Frailty in Irish Community-Dwelling Older Adults.
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- Association between dairy products intake and frailty transitions in older adults: The InCHIANTI cohort study.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2025Article
- Erythrocyte levels of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and incidence of frailty after a 6-year follow-up: the Korean frailty and aging cohort study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Association between added sugars and frailty in U.S. adults: a cross-sectional study from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2018.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Fish intake and pre-frailty in Norwegian older adults - a prospective cohort study: the Tromsø Study 1994-2016.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Dietary profiling of physical frailty in older age phenotypes using a machine learning approach: the Salus in Apulia Study.European journal of nutrition · 2023Article
- Plant-based diets and risk of frailty in community-dwelling older adults: the Seniors-ENRICA-1 cohort.GeroScience · 2023Article
- Association between fish intake and prevalence of frailty in community-dwelling older adults after 4-year follow-up: the Korean frailty and aging cohort study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundCertain nutrients have shown protective effects against frailty, but less is known about the influence of individual food groups. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between the intake of different food groups and physical frailty in a cohort of community-dwelling older adults in Cork, Ireland.
methodsOne hundred and forty-two (n = 81 females, n = 61 males, age 74.1 ± 6.80 years) Irish community-dwelling volunteers aged ⩾65 years participated in this cross-sectional study. Dietary intake was assessed using a validated food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). Frailty was identified as having 3 or more of the following criteria: weight loss, exhaustion, weakness, slow walking speed and low physical activity. Relationships between intakes of food groups and frailty score were determined using Spearman's rank (and partial rank) correlations and ordinal logistic regression analysis.
resultsNegative Spearman's rank correlations were observed between frailty score and fish and fish products, fruit and vegetables and nuts and seeds, while positive correlations were found between frailty score and potatoes, fats and oils and sugars, preserves and snacks (
conclusionThis study suggests that intakes of selected food groups are independently associated with frailty. These findings may hold significant relevance for the development of future frailty prevention strategies.
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