Anatomy of the Mediterranean Diet and Mortality Among Older Women with Frailty. Issue 3 (2nd October 2018)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Anatomy of the Mediterranean Diet and Mortality Among Older Women with Frailty. Issue 3 (2nd October 2018)
- Main Title:
- Anatomy of the Mediterranean Diet and Mortality Among Older Women with Frailty
- Authors:
- Zaslavsky, Oleg
Zelber-Sagi, Shira
Shikany, James M.
Orchard, Tonya
Wallace, Robert
Snetselaar, Linda
Tinker, Lesley - Abstract:
- Abstract: We examined individual components of the Mediterranean Diet (Med) and evaluated their relative contribution to mortality rates in older women with frailty. A sample ( N = 10, 431) included Women's Health Initiative Observational Study participants aged 65-84 y with complete frailty diagnostic criteria and dietary data. Frailty was assessed with modified Fried's criteria, and dietary data were collected through food frequency questionnaire. Over a mean follow-up of 12.4 y (range 3–21.0), 3, 259 (31.2%) deaths occurred. Crude death rates demonstrated a decrease in mortality with higher intake of individual Med components. However, in the mutually adjusted models, most Med components on their own were not significantly associated with mortality. Exceptions were vegetables, nuts, and whole grains. A higher intake of vegetables, nuts, and whole grains were associated with a significantly decreased hazard of mortality, by 9% ( P = 0.02), 13% ( P < 0.001), and 17% ( P < 0.001), respectively. The relative contribution of these components to diet mortality associations were 21%, 42%, and 57% for vegetables, nuts, and whole grains, respectively. Subgroup analyses by chronic morbidity, smoking status, or excluding women with early death did not substantially change these results.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of nutrition in gerontology and geriatrics. Volume 37:Issue 3/4(2018)
- Journal:
- Journal of nutrition in gerontology and geriatrics
- Issue:
- Volume 37:Issue 3/4(2018)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 37, Issue 3/4 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 37
- Issue:
- 3/4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0037-NaN-0000
- Page Start:
- 269
- Page End:
- 281
- Publication Date:
- 2018-10-02
- Subjects:
- Dietary pattern -- longitudinal -- nutrition -- population -- women's health initiative
Older people -- Nutrition -- Periodicals
Dietetics -- Periodicals
613.2084605 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/wjne21 ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/21551197.2018.1496217 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2155-1197
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