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Title: DIURETIC THERAPY USE INCREASES THE RISK FOR LOW THIAMIN INTAKE IN HOMEBOUND ELDERS

Author
item McCabe Sellers, Beverly
item SHARKEY, JOSEPH - SCHOOL OF RURAL PUB HEALT

Submitted to: Journal of Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/9/2003
Publication Date: 4/23/2004
Citation: McCabe Sellers, B., Sharkey, J.R. 2004. Diuretic therapy use increases the risk for low thiamin intake in homebound elders [abstract]. Journal of Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. 18(4):A95.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Although diuretic therapy (DT), which plays a major role in disease management, may increase thiamin excretion, little attention has been paid to the linkage between DT use and dietary intake of thiamin, especially in nutritionally vulnerable elders. The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between DT use and dietary intake of thiamin in a randomly-recruited sample of homebound elders. Baseline data, including 3 24-h dietary recalls, from the Nutrition and Function study were used to identify thiamin intake from food (15%