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Identifying the elderly at risk for malnutrition. The Mini Nutritional Assessment
Guigoz Y, Lauque S, Vellas BJ.. Clinics in geriatric medicine, 2002-11-01
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
In community-dwelling elderly persons, the MNA detects risk of malnutrition and life-style characteristics associated with nutritional risk while albumin levels and the BMI are still in the normal range.
Key findings
- In community-dwelling elderly persons, the MNA detects risk of malnutrition and life-style characteristics associated with nutritional risk while albumin levels and the BMI are still in the normal range.
Why it matters
This work describes the Mini Nutritional Assessment as a tool that detects risk of malnutrition in community-dwelling elderly people while albumin levels and BMI are still in the normal range. It does not report any treatment, cure or prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
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Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 45/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Clinics in geriatric medicine) |
| Journal's citation record | 1 / 4 | Clinics in Geriatric Medicine: journal h-index 120 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 1 / 5 | 2002 — older than 20 years, still counted |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 6 / 7 | Cited 974 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 4 / 5 | 37.5 citations a year over 26 year(s) since 2002 |
| Impact for its field and year | 3 / 6 | Cited 7.7× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 2 / 6 | Cited by 5 other studies in this library |
| Still being cited | 3 / 4 | Cited 114 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 4 / 4 | Last-listed author Bruno J. Vellas: h-index 135 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | 0 / 3 | Hôpital Purpan: institution h-index 433 (OpenAlex) |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 1 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 2 institution(s) in 2 countries |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 12608501) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Total | 45 / 100 | — |
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APA 7th
Guigoz, Y., Lauque, S., & Vellas, B. J. (2002). Identifying the elderly at risk for malnutrition. The Mini Nutritional Assessment. Clinics in geriatric medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0749-0690(02)00059-9
Vancouver
Guigoz Y, Lauque S, Vellas BJ. Identifying the elderly at risk for malnutrition. The Mini Nutritional Assessment. Clinics in geriatric medicine. 2002. doi:10.1016/s0749-0690(02)00059-9. PMID: 12608501.
BibTeX
@article{guigoz2002-12608501,
author = {Guigoz, Y. and Lauque, S. and Vellas, B. J.},
title = {{Identifying the elderly at risk for malnutrition. The Mini Nutritional Assessment}},
journal = {Clinics in geriatric medicine},
year = {2002},
doi = {10.1016/s0749-0690(02)00059-9},
pmid = {12608501},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/s0749-0690(02)00059-9}
}
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