@article{ref1,
title="Poor appetite and eating difficulties can predict the long-term risk of falling: a  longitudinal study in middle-aged and older adults",
journal="Journal of applied gerontology",
year="2020",
author="Lin, Yu-Chun and Chang, Yu-Hung",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: This study investigates whether self-reported nutritional status affects  falling among middle-aged and older adults. <br><br>METHOD: We used 8-year follow-up data  from the Taiwan Longitudinal Study on Aging. At baseline, respondents' appetite,  changes in amount of food intake, and eating difficulties were assessed in a  questionnaire-based survey in addition to anthropometric measurements (body mass  index, mid-arm circumferences, and involuntary body weight loss). Their associations  with falls in the follow-up were examined using multivariable log-binomial  regression. <br><br>RESULTS: The study included 2,519 respondents aged 50 years and older. Poor appetite (prevalence ratio [PR] = 1.25, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [1.07,  1.46]) and eating difficulties (PR = 1.16, 95% CI = [1.02, 1.32]) significantly  predicted falling 8 years later with adjustments for sociodemographics, health  behaviors, comorbidities, and anthropometric measures by taking into account  probabilities of follow-up. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Poor appetite and eating difficulties can  predict falling in the long-term independent of anthropometric measurements among  middle-aged and older adults.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0733-4648",
doi="10.1177/0733464820976439",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0733464820976439"
}