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Fati Nourhashemi

Researcher at French Institute of Health and Medical Research

Publications -  182
Citations -  10954

Fati Nourhashemi is an academic researcher from French Institute of Health and Medical Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dementia & Population. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 175 publications receiving 9617 citations. Previous affiliations of Fati Nourhashemi include University of Toulouse & Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse.

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The mini nutritional assessment (MNA) and its use in grading the nutritional state of elderly patients

TL;DR: The Mini Nutritional Assessment has recently been designed and validated to provide a single, rapid assessment of nutritional status in elderly patients in outpatient clinics, hospitals, and nursing homes and was found to be predictive of mortality and hospital cost.
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Gait speed at usual pace as a predictor of adverse outcomes in community-dwelling older people an International Academy on Nutrition and Aging (IANA) Task Force

TL;DR: Gait speed at usual pace was found to be a consistent risk factor for disability, cognitive impairment, institutionalisation, falls, and/or mortality in older adults as mentioned in this paper, and the use of simple, safe, and easy to perform assessment tool, like gait speed, to evaluate vulnerability to adverse outcomes in community-dwelling older people is appealing.
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Proinflammatory cytokines, aging, and age-related diseases.

TL;DR: Different targets of the activity of proinflammatory cytokines implicated in the risk of pathological aging are summarized to summarize.
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Sarcopenia, Calf Circumference, and Physical Function of Elderly Women: A Cross‐Sectional Study

TL;DR: It is found that calf circumference, related to appendicular skeletal muscle mass, can be used as a measure of sarcopenia and is related to physical function.