Abstract
Abstract
Purpose
Growing awareness of the biological and clinical value of nutrition in frailty settings calls for further efforts to investigate dietary gaps to act sooner to achieve focused management of aging populations. We cross-sectionally examined the eating habits of an older Mediterranean population to profile dietary features most associated with physical frailty.
Methods
Clinical and physical examination, routine biomarkers, medical history, and anthropometry were analyzed in 1502 older adults (65 +). CHS criteria were applied to classify physical frailty, and a validated Food Frequency Questionnaire to assess diet. The population was subdivided by physical frailty status (frail or non-frail). Raw and adjusted logistic regression models were applied to three clusters of dietary variables (food groups, macronutrients, and micronutrients), previously selected by a LASSO approach to better predict diet-related frailty determinants.
Results
A lower consumption of wine (OR 0.998, 95% CI 0.997–0.999) and coffee (OR 0.994, 95% CI 0.989–0.999), as well as a cluster of macro and micronutrients led by PUFAs (OR 0.939, 95% CI 0.896–0.991), zinc (OR 0.977, 95% CI 0.952–0.998), and coumarins (OR 0.631, 95% CI 0.431–0.971), was predictive of non-frailty, but higher legumes intake (OR 1.005, 95%CI 1.000–1.009) of physical frailty, regardless of age, gender, and education level.
Conclusions
Higher consumption of coffee and wine, as well as PUFAs, zinc, and coumarins, as opposed to legumes, may work well in protecting against a physical frailty profile of aging in a Mediterranean setting. Longitudinal investigations are needed to better understand the causal potential of diet as a modifiable contributor to frailty during aging.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Nutrition and Dietetics,Medicine (miscellaneous)
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