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Phase angle is associated with length of hospital stay, readmissions, mortality, and falls in patients hospitalized in internal-medicine wards : a retrospective cohort study

Del Giorno, Rosaria ; Quarenghi, Massimo ; Stefanelli, Kevyn ; Rigamonti, Alice ; Stanglini, Carlotta ; De Vecchi, Valentina ; Gabutti, Luca

In: Nutrition, 2021, vol. 85, no. May, p. 7 p

The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive value of bioimpedance phase angle (PA) on selected clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized in internal-medicine wards. This was a retrospective observational study of 168 patients admitted to the internalmedicine service (52.9% women, 47.1% men), with a mean (± SD) age of 73.9 ± 15.9 y. Anthropometric examination, laboratory tests,...