Nutrients

Association Between Oral Frailty and Body Mass Index in Late-Stage Older Adults Stratified by Sarcopenia Status

Figure 1. Flowchart of the study participant selection process. — Figure 1. Flowchart of the study participant selection process.Flowchart of the study participant selection process.Hayase et al.

Cross-sectional study of 3,829 peoplePopulations

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The paper

Masaki Hayase, Kazuhito Miura, Kimiya Ozaki,

Yasushi Tamada, Maki Shirobe, Keiko Motokawa, Misato Hayakawa, Hirohiko Hirano, Takahiro Ono, Eri Arai, Masanori Iwasaki, Akira Adachi, Takao Watanabe, Shigekazu Komoto,

Yutaka Watanabe

Hokkaido University

Nutrients, 28 Aug 2026

doi.org/10.3390/nu18172835 PubMed 42739007

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