Comprehensive geriatric assessment of elderly highlanders in Qinghai, China IV: Comparison of food diversity and its relation to health of Han and Tibetan elderly

Kimura, Yumi; Okumiya, Kiyohito; Sakamoto, Ryota; Ishine, Masayuki; Wada, Taizo; Kosaka, Yasuyuki; Wada, Chizu; Ishimoto, Yasuko; Hirosaki, Mayumi; Kasahara, Yoriko; Konno, Akiko; Chen, Wingling; Otsuka, Kuniaki; Fujisawa, Michiko; Nakatsuka, Masahiro; Nakashima, Michiro; Wang, Hongxin; Dai, Qingxiang; Yang, Airong; Gao, Jidong; Li, Zhanquan; Qiao, Haisheng; Zhang, Yongshou; Ge, Ri‐Li; Matsubayashi, Kozo

doi:10.1111/j.1447-0594.2009.00543.x

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Comprehensive geriatric assessment of elderly highlanders in Qinghai, China IV: Comparison of food diversity and its relation to health of Han and Tibetan elderly

Published in Geriatrics and gerontology international/Geriatrics & gerontology international • Jun 22, 2009

Authors:

Yumi Kimura

Kiyohito Okumiya

Ryota Sakamoto

Abstract

AIM: To examine the association between food diversity and health status of Han and Tibetan elderly highlanders in Qinghai Plateau, China. METHODS: The study population consisted of 240 community-dwelling elderly subjects aged 60 years or more (176 Han elderly subjects, 64 Tibetan ones). Food divers...

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Medicine

Diversity (politics)

Gerontology

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