Studies on effects of addition of medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) or long-chain triglyceride (LCT) to an amino acids- enriched supplement on muscle and cognitive function in elderly subjects.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Frail elderly subjects
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000017567
- Lead Sponsor
- Showa Women's University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Exclusion criteria are subjects with treated with parenteral nutrition, or difficulty of swallowing, or type 1 diabetes mellitus, severe heart failure, liver, kidney, blood disease, or FBS > 200 mg/dl, or blood creatinine >1.5 mg/dl or CRP >2.0 mg/dl or BMI > 23 to avoid a further increase in body weight, or food allergy to supplements used in this study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Muscle function (locomotive and respiratory) and cognitive function at baseline and after 3-mo intervention are compared. Mid-upper-arm muscle area (AMA) is estimated by measuring triceps skin fold thickness (TSF) and mid-upper-arm circumference (AC); strength in the upper extremities is measured by a handgrip dynamometry; strength in the lower extremities is estimated by the leg extension power; muscle function is estimated by gait speed and iteration numbers in legs open and close; strength of respiratory muscles is estimated by peak expiratory flow (PEF) ;cognitive function is estimated by Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and NM scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method nder fasting conditions, blood concentrations in total protein, albumin, creatinine, total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, Triacylglycerol, free fatty acid, choline esterase, blood sugar, HbA1c, white blood cell number, red blood cell number, hemoglobin concentration, hematocrit, platelet number, iron concentration, C-reactive protein, acetoacetic acid, 3-hydroxybutyric acid, and total ketone bodies at baseline and after 3-mo intervention are compared.