A comparison of the different anthropometric indices for assessing malnutrition among older people in Turkey: a large population-based screening

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Authors

Gülüşan Özgün Başıbüyük · Akdeniz University

Parvin Ayremlou · Imam Khomeini Hospital

Sakineh Nouri Saeidlou · Urmia University

Faruk Ay · Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi

Akgül Dalkıran · Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi

Wida SİMZARİ · Cappadocia University

Gábor Áron Vitályos ·

Abstract

The presence of a large AUC in almost all anthropometric indices suggests that they can be used to assess the risk of malnutrition among older persons in both sexes.

Topics & Keywords

Nutrition and Health in Aging Child Nutrition and Water Access Body Composition Measurement Techniques

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Health Population and Nutrition

Volume 40, Issue 1, pp. 13-13

DOI: 10.1186/s41043-021-00228-z

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