Alejandra Rodríguez?Tadeo|Abraham Wall?Medrano|M. E. Gaytan-Vidana|Álvaro Campos|Martha Ornelas-Contreras|Hilda Irene Novelo-Huerta
Malnutrition risk factors among the elderly from the Us-Mexico border: The “one thousand” study
Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez|Institute of Biomedical Science|Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez|Institute of Biomedical Science|Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez|Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez|Institute of Biomedical Science|Autonomous University of Chihuahua|Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
mexican population aging makes fact regional information health elderly including northern region country examine nutritional functional cognitive impairments well depression noninstitutionalized elderly mexicans along mexicos northern border observational descriptive crosssectional study demographic anthropometric measurements screened following scales applied among 760 elderly individuals chihuahua mexico katz index activities daily living adl mini nutritional assessment mna yesavage depression pffeifer cognitive decline 7 prevalence malnutrition 18 prevalence functional disability 44 prevalence depressive symptoms 33 prevalence cognitive impairment risk disease almost half population without differences genders malnutrition functional disability cognitive impairment increased age p 0001 functional disability depression cognitive impairment also increased risk malnutrition 30 29 14 times p 0005 factors may affect nutritional status included isolated living illiteracy levels malnutrition functional disability depression cognitive impairment higher reported previously closely related one another detecting alterations primary care important order improve quality life reduce complications