Association between animal protein intake, oral frailty and calf circumference in middle-aged and older adults: a cross-sectional analysis from the Shika study.

Fumihiko SuzukiShigefumi OkamotoShingo NakaiSakae MiyagiHiromasa TsujiguchiAkinori HaraThao Thi Thu NguyenYukari ShimizuKoichiro HayashiKeita SuzukiTomoko KasaharaMasaharu NakamuraChie TakazawaAya OgawaAki ShibataTakayuki KannonAtsushi TajimaHirohito TsuboiNoriyoshi OginoTadashi KonoshitaToshinari TakamuraKuniko SatoHiroyuki Nakamura

Published in: BMJ open (2024)

The present results revealed a significantly lower animal protein intake in the OF group than in the non-OF group in the low-CC/kg group, but no such difference was observed in the high-CC/kg group. Further longitudinal studies are needed to elucidate this relationship.

Keyphrases

body mass index
protein protein
weight gain
binding protein
small molecule