Medicina clinica
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July 2012
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Population aging has emerged as a major demographic trend worldwide. The objective of the present research was to study the risk of malnutrition in elderly patients older than 75 years that lived without relatives younger than them, and also to understand the effect of sex and age on nutritional status, as well as the anthropometric resulting values. ⋯ Patients older than 81 years demonstrated a greater risk of malnutrition, suggesting the necessity of personalized nutrition strategies to improve their quality of life and reduce the prevalence of related-diseases.