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S. Poli
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Higher animal-derived dietary protein intake is associated with lower prevalence of frailty
2019
Background: It is accepted that malnutrition is involved in the pathophysiology of frailty. However, the relationship between dietary animal-derived protein (DAP) intake and the prevalence of frailty is still unclear. Using data from the FRAIL Project, we aimed to determine whether DAP consumption is associated with frailty in community-dwellers aged 65 years and older. Methods: In this cross-sectional study involving only participants older than 65 years, DAP intake was evaluated through specific items of the Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA). Frailty status was assessed according to the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) model, which consists of five items (unintentional weight loss, weakn…
The Italian dementia with Lewy bodies study group (DLB-SINdem): toward a standardization of clinical procedures and multicenter cohort studies design
2017
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) causes elevated outlays for the National Health Systems due to high institutionalization rate and patients' reduced quality of life and high mortality. Furthermore, DLB is often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's disease. These data motivate harmonized multicenter longitudinal cohort studies to improve clinical management and therapy monitoring. The Italian DLB study group of the Italian Neurological Society for dementia (SINdem) developed and emailed a semi-structured questionnaire to 572 national dementia centers (from primary to tertiary) to prepare an Italian large longitudinal cohort. The questionnaire surveyed: (1) prevalence and incidence of DLB; (2) clinical…