Takuro Matsumura1, Yuji Mitani2, Yutaro Oki3, Yukari Fujimoto4, Mineko Ohira5, Hiromi Kaneko6, Tsunehiro Kawashima7, Masato Nishio7, Akira Ishikawa4. 1. Department of Community Health Sciences, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe, Japan. Electronic address: t.matsumura4@stu.kobe-u.ac.jp. 2. Department of Community Health Sciences, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe, Japan; Department of Rehabilitation, Sapporo Nishimaruyama Hospital, Sapporo, Japan. 3. Department of Community Health Sciences, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe, Japan; Kobe City Hospital Organization Kobe City Medical Center West Hospital, Kobe, Japan. 4. Department of Community Health Sciences, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe, Japan. 5. National Hospital Organization Higashi Nagano Hospital, Nagano, Japan. 6. Home-visit Nursing Station Wakakusa, Nagano, Japan. 7. Obihiro Respiratory and Internal Hospital, Obihiro, Japan.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) is a new prognostic indicator for nutritional status-related complications and mortality among the elderly. Here we aimed to compare 6-min walk distance (6MWD) between high and low GNRI groups for patients with COPD. METHODS: We enrolled 63 elderly men with COPD. These subjects were divided into two groups based on their GNRI scores: high GNRI group (≥92 points; n = 44) and low GNRI group (n = 19); we compared 6MWD between these groups. RESULTS: The subjects' characteristics between the high and the low GNRI groups were similar, except for BMI and serum albumin levels. 6MWD were significantly lower in the low GNRI group (279.5 ± 112.3 m versus 211.1 ± 125.3 m; p = 0.03). CONCLUSIONS: The GNRI has a more close relation with exercise tolerance and may be a useful nutritional assessment scale for elderly patients with COPD.
OBJECTIVES: The Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) is a new prognostic indicator for nutritional status-related complications and mortality among the elderly. Here we aimed to compare 6-min walk distance (6MWD) between high and low GNRI groups for patients with COPD. METHODS: We enrolled 63 elderly men with COPD. These subjects were divided into two groups based on their GNRI scores: high GNRI group (≥92 points; n = 44) and low GNRI group (n = 19); we compared 6MWD between these groups. RESULTS: The subjects' characteristics between the high and the low GNRI groups were similar, except for BMI and serum albumin levels. 6MWD were significantly lower in the low GNRI group (279.5 ± 112.3 m versus 211.1 ± 125.3 m; p = 0.03). CONCLUSIONS: The GNRI has a more close relation with exercise tolerance and may be a useful nutritional assessment scale for elderly patients with COPD.
Authors: Nur Adilah Shuhada Abd Aziz; Nur Islami Mohd Fahmi Teng; Mohd Ramadan Abdul Hamid; Nazrul Hadi Ismail Journal: Clin Interv Aging Date: 2017-10-04 Impact factor: 4.458