title: [Association between Mini Nutritional Assessment and the Fried frailty index in older people living in the community].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the association between Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) and the Fried frailty index in older people living in the community.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study of individuals aged 75 and over living in the community.
  
  
  METHODS
  nutritional status measured by Mini Nutritional Assessment Short Form (MNA-SF) and MNA, and frailty measured by Fried's frailty criteria.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The sample consisted of 640 individuals with a mean age of 81.3±5.0 years; 39.7% were men. According to the MNA-SF, 76.9% of patients were well nourished, 19.8% were at risk of malnutrition and 1.9% were malnourished, while percentages were 78.1, 19.6 and 2.3%, respectively, according to the MNA. According to Fried criteria, 43.4% were not frail, 47% were pre-frail and 9.6% were frail. The largest proportion of frail subjects were at risk of malnutrition. The higher the score of MNA components, the higher was the frailty index. Likewise, there was a significant association between the 5 frailty criteria and the categories of MNA and MNA-SF. The area under the ROC curve for the MNA-SF was 0.75 while for the MNA it was 0.80.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results presented show a clear association between Mini Nutritional Assessment and Fried's criteria. They also suggest that the "nutritional risk" MNA category is the one most strongly associated with the Fried's frailty index.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad de Lleida, Lleida, España. Electronic address: pilar.jurschik@infermeria.udl.cat.
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jürschik
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad de Lleida, Lleida, España.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Botigué
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad de Lleida, Lleida, España.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nuin
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad de Lleida, Lleida, España.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lavedán
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D012111:Residence Characteristics
keywords: Cribado; Desnutrición; Escalas; Frail elderly; Personas mayores frágiles; Scales; Screening; Undernutrition