Nutrition and the rheumatoid hand patient.
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.
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McCormack
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Hoelzer
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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*