The overall objective of the study is to stratify a frailty population based on nutrients profiling (amino acids, vitamins, minerals, fatty acids) and metabolic profiling (low molecular weight metabolites in urine and plasma) at baseline.
This exploratory study will investigate ways to better characterize the frailty phenotype by a combination of i) geriatric assessment (here only: frailty criteria according to Fried), ii) clinical surrogate markers (including those of inflammation), iii) body composition, iv) nutritional profiling, v) metabolite profiling using a metabolomics approaches.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
20
Dr. Miriam Capri
Bologna, Italy
Comparison of Metabonomics, at baseline, among frail population.
Analysis of Metabolites in blood
Time frame: 1 year
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