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MALNUTRITION IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS OVER 65 YEARS OF AGE

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2022-06-01

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Cano Garcia, L.
Ruiz, D.
Armenteros, P.
Dominguez, C.
Al Mashhadani, N.
Mena-Vazquez, N.

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BMJ Group
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Background: Malnutrition is one of the most important geriatric syndrome and fragility factor in older people. In adittion to being a disease sign, its presence is related with increasing of morbility, longer hospitalizations, institucionalization and mortality due to concomitant diseases. Objectives: Describe prevalence of malnutrition risk and associated factor in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) over 65 years of age. Methods: Design: A case-controls study.

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Humans
Aged
Prevalence
Arthritis, rheumatoid

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Artritis reumatoide
Desnutrición
Hospitalización
Prevalencia
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Syndrome, Malnutrition, Hospitalization

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Garcia LC, Ruiz D, Armenteros P, Dominguez C, Mashhadani NA, Mena-Vázquez N. AB1545-HPR MALNUTRITION IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS OVER 65 YEARS OF AGE. Annals Of The Rheumatic Diseases [Internet]. 23 de mayo de 2022;81(Suppl 1):1873.1-1874