Association between Japanese Diet Adherence and Muscle Weakness in Japanese Adults Aged ≥50 Years: Findings from the JSTAR Cohort Study.

Japanese diet adherence has been inversely correlated with muscle weakness. In this study, we aimed to validate that association. Longitudinal data from 1699 individuals aged ≥50 years (mean age 62.

Association of Japanese and Mediterranean Dietary Patterns with Muscle Weakness in Japanese Community-Dwelling Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Cross-Sectional Analysis.

The association of Japanese and Mediterranean dietary patterns with muscle weakness in middle-aged and older Japanese individuals is unclear. This cross-sectional study investigated the association between Japanese and Mediterranean dietary patterns and muscle weakness in community-dwelling, middle-aged, and older Japanese individuals (enrolled from 2007 to 2011). Based on the dietary consumption information obtained from the brief self-administered diet history questionnaire, we assessed adherence to the Japanese (12-component revised Japanese diet index (rJDI12)) and Mediterranean (alternate Mediterranean diet (aMed) score) dietary patterns.

Hospital Frailty Risk Score predicts adverse events in older patients with vertebral compression fractures: Analysis of data in a nationwide in-patient database in Japan.

Aims: This study investigated the usefulness of frailty for predicting adverse events in patients with vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) during hospitalization using data obtained from the Japanese health insurance system.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study of patients with VCFs aged ≥65 years was conducted using a nationwide database in Japan. We examined the relationships between frailty risk, classified using the Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS), in-hospital mortality, and complications such as pressure ulcers and pneumonia.

Hospital Frailty Risk Score predicts adverse events in older patients with hip fractures after surgery: Analysis of a nationwide inpatient database in Japan.

Background: Frailty may predict adverse events in patients with hip fractures. This study aimed to investigate the association between frailty and adverse events in patients with hip fractures after surgery using information from Japanese health insurance.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study included patients with hip fractures aged ≥ 65 years using a nationwide database in Japan.

The association of social frailty with intrinsic capacity in community-dwelling older adults: a prospective cohort study.

Background: Social frailty is associated with poor health outcomes; however, its effects on healthy aging indicators have not been adequately investigated. This study assessed the longitudinal association between social frailty and the intrinsic capacity of community-dwelling older adults.

Methods: A total of 663 participants (56.

Dietary patterns and intrinsic capacity among community-dwelling older adults: a 3-year prospective cohort study.

Purpose: The WHO has proposed a novel model of healthy aging called intrinsic capacity (IC). However, the association between dietary patterns and IC is unclear. We aimed to investigate the prospective associations between dietary patterns and IC trajectories over a 3-year period in community-dwelling Japanese adults aged ≥ 60 years.

Friendship-related social isolation is a potential risk factor for the transition from robust to prefrailty among healthy older adults: a 1-year follow-up study.

Purpose: Social factors are often overlooked when considering physical frailty. The purpose of this study was to determine whether social isolation is associated with new onset of physical frailty among healthy Japanese older adults.

Methods: This was a 1-year prospective cohort study conducted in Japan from August 2014 to August 2015.

Sex-Specific Association between Social Frailty and Diet Quality, Diet Quantity, and Nutrition in Community-Dwelling Elderly.

The effects of social frailty on diet and nutrition are under-investigated. Our study aimed to assess the association between social frailty and diet quality, diet quantity, and nutrition over a 3-year period in community-dwelling older Japanese adults. This prospective cohort study recruited individuals aged ≥60 years from a community college and followed up 666 participants annually.

A 3-year prospective cohort study of dietary patterns and frailty risk among community-dwelling older adults.

Background & Aims: The association between dietary patterns and frailty is less investigated in Asia. We aimed to investigate the prospective associations between dietary patterns and frailty index (FI) in community-dwelling Japanese older adults aged 60 years or older.

Methods: A 3-year cohort collected the data on sociodemographic information, lifestyle behaviors, comorbidities, medication history, depression status, nutrition, and physical function from 2014 to 2017.

Built Environment and Frailty: Neighborhood Perceptions and Associations With Frailty, Experience From the Nagoya Longitudinal Study.

Neighborhood physical characteristics have been consistently associated with the health of older adults. This article investigates links between frailty and perceptions of the neighborhood environment. Using a cross-sectional analysis of 370 community-dwelling older adults from Nagoya, Japan, neighborhood perceptions were assessed using the Neighborhood Environmental Walkability Scale (NEWS) in addition to frailty, using a frailty index.

Frailty prevalence using Frailty Index, associated factors and level of agreement among frailty tools in a cohort of Japanese older adults.

Unlabelled: Frailty prevalence defined by the deficit accumulation model (Frailty Index) has limited exploration in a Japanese population. The objective of this paper is to investigate the prevalence of frailty by Frailty Index among a cohort of healthy Japanese older adults, define risk factors associated with pre-frailty and frailty status and evaluate Frailty Index's agreement with Frailty Phenotype and Kihon checklist.

Methods: Data from 673 participants of the 2014 wave of the Nagoya Longitudinal Study - Healthy Elderly were used.

Characteristics of physical prefrailty among Japanese healthy older adults.

Aim: The purpose of the present study was to clarify the characteristics of frailty at an early stage (prefrailty) in a healthy elderly Japanese population.

Methods: The participants were 620 healthy older adults (age range 60-89 years) who were current students or graduates of a community college for older adults in Japan. All participants were evaluated using the Kihon Checklist, a tool developed to screen for frailty in Japan.

Association between masticatory performance and anthropometric measurements and nutritional status in the elderly.

Aim: The association between chewing ability and physical constitution and nutritional status remains uncertain in the elderly. We examined the relationships between chewing ability and anthropometric measurements or nutritional status in the elderly.

Methods: A total of 200 subjects (78 men and 122 women; mean age +/- standard deviation, 76.

Raised homocysteine and low folate and vitamin B-12 concentrations predict cognitive decline in community-dwelling older Japanese adults.

Background & Aims: Recently, poor cognition and dementia have been associated with elevated homocysteine and low B vitamin concentrations. The aim of this study is to examine the association in community-dwelling older Japanese adults.

Methods: Ninety-nine subjects (71 women and 28 men; mean age 75 years) were eligible for analysis after exclusion of subjects with high serum creatinine concentrations (1.

Is serum albumin a good marker for malnutrition in the physically impaired elderly?

Background And Aims: Although serum albumin is well known as a marker of nutritional status, it has remained unclear whether impaired physical function affects serum albumin concentrations in older people. We examined whether hypoalbuminemia can be used as a marker of malnutrition in elderly subjects with various levels of physical impairment.

Methods: A total of 262 elderly subjects without acute illness were enrolled from various geriatric settings.

The nutritional status of frail elderly with care needs according to the mini-nutritional assessment.

Background And Aims: Although malnutrition is common in the geriatric population, the relationship between frail elderly with various care needs and nutritional status remains unknown. The purpose of this study was to analyze the association between subjects with higher care needs and poorer nutritional status in the Japanese community-dwelling frail elderly.

Methods: A total of 281 community-dwelling elderly subjects from day-care centers (81.