Relationship between Dietary Pattern and Moderate Frailty Syndrome in Elderly
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 11, Issue 1
Abstract
Background and Objective: There exists evidence of nutrients deficiency as a risk factor for frailty syndrome. This study aimed at determining the relationship between the dietary intake pattern and the risk of frailty syndrome. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 250 men and women aged 60-75 years who were members of the Qazvin Retirement Center were selected randomly. Moderate frailty syndrome is recognized with 2-3 out of 5 criteria defined by Fried et al. including 1) slowness while walking, 2) muscle weakness, 3) exhaustion, 4) low physical activity, and 5) unintentional weight loss. Weight and height of the elderly were measured. In order to assess the participants’ diet during the past month, the general questionnaire and the food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) were completed. The results were analyzed with SPSS-21. Along with controlling confounding variables, regression analysis was used to determine the risk of moderate frailty syndrome in quartiles of common dietary patterns. Findings: Two dietary patterns of healthy and unhealthy were obtained in the study population using factor analysis. The risk for syndrome in the highest quartile of healthy dietary pattern was significantly less than the lowest quartile of healthy dietary pattern in both the raw model and after adjusting for confounding variables. The risk of metabolic syndrome in the highest quartile of healthy dietary pattern was 80% lower than the first quarter of healthy dietary pattern. Conclusion: The prevalence of moderate frailty syndrome significantly decreased with increasing quartile of healthy dietary pattern.
Authors and Affiliations
RoyaAghmashe| School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., AmirmansourAlavi-Naeini *| Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.email : amalavi@tums.ac.ir, MirsaeidYekaninejad| Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, KhadijeMirzaei| Department of community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Motahar Heidari-Beni| Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of NonCommunicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran,
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