Publication details
The influence of micronutrients deficits on complex geriatric assessment results
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Conference abstract |
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| Description | We examined in cooperation with general practitioners 161 seniors 60 men and 101 women of average age 73,2 years living in their own environment in a rural area. These seniors underwent functional geriatric testing, calcium, magnesium, iron, vitamin B12 and folinic acid serum levels examinations were performed. We found deficits of any studied micronutrients in 72 of 161 patients (44,7%). Serum level of calcium below normal range was in 10 of 161 patients (6,2%), magnesium in 36 of 161 (22,4%), iron in 20 of 161 patients (12,4%), vitamin B12 in 21 of 161 patients (13,1%) and folinic acid in 23 of 161 patients (14,3%). If we divided all patients according to any micronutrient deficit appearance, we found significantly worse results in patients with deficits in comparison with patients without micronutrient deficits ADL 94,1+13,2 vs 98,0+6,57, p=0,03, IADL 71,39+16,4 vs 77,58+7,27, p=0,004. The same trends but without statistical significance showed MMSE 27,18+2,87 vs 28,0+2,72, p=0,07 (ns), depression scale 2,88+3,26 vs 2,27+2,86, p = 0,23 (ns). |