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Associations between Food Group Intake and Physical Frailty in Irish Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

O'Connell, Maeve Lorraine
; 
Coppinger, Tara
; 
Lacey, SeƔn
; 
Walton, Janette
; 
Arsenic, Tijana
; 
McCarthy, Aoife Louise
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O'Connell, Maeve Lorraine
 Coppinger, Tara
 Lacey, SeƔn
 Walton, Janette
 Arsenic, Tijana
 McCarthy, Aoife Louise
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2021-03-30
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older people
Frailty
dietary intake
Elderly
food groups
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Negative 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 (Pā€‰<ā€‰.05). After adjustment for confounders, partial rank correlations remained statistically significant (Pā€‰<ā€‰.05) for all of the above dietary variables, with the exception of nuts and seeds (Pā€‰>ā€‰.05). Following ordinal logistic regression, the odds ratios (ORs) (95%CI) for frailty incidence for those in the lowest tertile of food group intake compared to the highest were; 3.04 (1.09-8.85) for fish and fish products, 4.34 (1.54-13.13) for fruit and vegetables, 1.52 (0.58-4.15) for nuts and seeds, 0.54 (0.19-1.51) for potatoes, 0.58 (0.17-1.95) for fats and oils and 0.49 (0.16-1.47) for sugars, preserves and snacks.
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1178-6388
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10.1177/11786388211006447
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33854330
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