title: Nutrition and the rheumatoid hand patient.
abstract: The incidence of nutritional depletion in 40 rheumatoid patients and the factors that influence these patients' nutritional status were investigated. More than half of the patients (52.5%) were found to be nutritionally deficient.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Rayan
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: McCormack
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Hoelzer
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Schultz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*