Association between vegetarian diet and risk of frailty in Chinese older adults: a prospective study
In this prospective study, vegetarian diets were observed to be associated with higher frailty risk, compared to the omnivorous diet in Chinese older adults. Future research is needed to confirm our observations.
Authors
- Jiaojiao Zou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5836-1157)
- Kaiyue Wang
- Xiaoming Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7071-571X)
- Ruiqi Xia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6096-3368)
- Guliyeerke Jigeer
- Xiuhua Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8734-5041)
- Xiang Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2617-6509)
- Yaqi Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9327-3379)
- Yilun Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0267-1716)
- Yaoyao Lv
- Xinyi Ma
Institutions
- Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- XinHua Hospital (CN)
- Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center (CN)
- National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2025-07-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04232-6
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.49
Funders
- Shanghai Municipal Health Commission
- National Natural Science Foundation of China