Prof.
Alan C. Tsai
Asia
University, Chinese Taipei
Email: atsai@umich.edu
Qualifications
1972 Ph.D., Nutritional Science,
Washington State University, USA
1969 M.Sc., Nutritional Science,
Washington State University, USA
1966 B.Sc., Animal Science, Chung-Hsing
University, Taichung, Chinese Taipei
Publications(Selected)
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Lee LC,
Tsai AC*. Mini-Nutritional Assessment predicts functional decline of elderly
Taiwanese: result of a population-representative sample. Br J Nutr
2011;DOI:10.1017/S0007114511004880
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Tsai AC*.
Anthropometrical Changes in Older Taiwanese and Diet and Exercise. In: Handbook
of Anthropometry: Physical Measures of Human Form in Health and Disease, V.
R. Preedy (ed.) Springer Science. London. DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-1788-1_88
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Tsai AC*,
YA Lin, Tsai HJ. Predictors of smoking cessation in 50-66-year old male
Taiwanese smokers:a 7-year national cohort study. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2011;
DOI:10.1016/j.archger.2011.08.004
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Tsai AC*,
YA Lin, Tsai HJ. Predictors of smoking cessation in 50-66-year old male
Taiwanese smokers: a 7-year national cohort study. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2011;
DOI:10.1016/j.archger.2011.08.004
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Tsai AC,
Hsiao ML. The association of Body Mass Index (BMI) with all-cause
mortality in older Taiwanese: results of a national cohort study. Arch Gerontol
Geriatr 2011; DOI:10.1016/j.archger.2011.08.006
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Tsai AC*, Lai MC, Chang TL. Mid-arm
and calf circumferences (MAC and CC) are better than body mass index (BMI) in
predicting health status and mortality risk in institutionalized elderly Taiwanese.
Arch Geront Geriatr 2011. DOI:10.1016/j.archger.2011.05.015
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Tsai HJ,
Tsai AC, Hung SY, Chang MY. Comparing the predictive ability of
population-specific Mini-Nutritional-Assessment with Subjective Global
Assessment for Chinese patients with hemodialysis: A cross-sectional study. Int
J Nurs Studies. 2011;48:326-332
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Tsai AC*,
Lai TM. Predicting the need of formal care in Taiwan--Analysis of a national
random sample. Arch Geront Geriatr 2011; doi:10.1016/j.archger.2010.12.003
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Munkhasikhan
S, Tsai AC, Chang MC. Technical efficiency of public hospitals in Mongolia.
HealhMED 2011, 5(2): 360-365
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Lin YA, Tsai AC*. Predictors of smoking
cessation among older male smokers in Taiwan. Taiwan J Pub Health 2011; 30(1):
36-44
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Yu RF,
Tsai AC*. Association of food consumption frequency with the risk of depression
in elderly Taiwanese. Taiwan J Pub Health 2011; 30(2): 123-134
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Tsai AC*,
Hsu WC, Chan SC, Chang TL. Usefulness of the Mini Nutritional Assessment in
predicting the nutritional status of patients with liver cancer in Taiwan. Nutr
Cancer. 2011 DOI: 10.1080/01635581.2011.535966 Tsai AC*, Chou YT,
Chang TL. Usefulness of the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) in
predicting the nutritional status of patients with neuropsychiatric disorders
in Taiwan. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 2011; doi:
10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03467.x
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Tsai AC*,
Chang TL. Association of dental prosthetic condition with food consumption and
the risk of malnutrition and follow-up 4-year mortality risk in elderly
Taiwanese. J Nutr Health Aging 2010; 14: 265-270
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Tsai AC*,
Chang TL. The effectiveness of BMI, calf circumference and mid arm
circumference in predicting subsequent mortality risk in elderly Taiwanese. Br
J Nutr 2010; 105:275-281
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Tsai AC*,
Chang TL. The effectiveness of BMI, calf circumference and mid arm
circumference in predicting subsequent mortality risk in elderly Taiwanese. Br
J Nutr 2010; 105:275-281
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Kaiser MJ, Bauer JM, Rämsch C, Uter W, Guigoz Y,
Cederholm T, Thomas DR, Anthony P, Charlton KE, Maggio M, Tsai AC, Grathwohl D,
Vellas B, Sieber CC for the MNA-International group Collaborators. Frequency
of malnutrition in the elderly: A multinational perspective using the Mini
Nutritional Assessment (MNA®). JAGS, 2010; 58: 1834-8
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Tsai AC*,
Chang TL, Yang T-W, Chang-Lee S-N, Tsay S-F. A modified Mini
Nutritional Assessment without BMI predicts nutritional status of
community-living elderly in Taiwan. J Nutr Health Aging. 2010; 14(3): 183-189
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Tsai AC*, Tsai HJ. The association of age,
gender, body fatness and lifestyle factors with plasma C-reactive protein
concentrations in older Taiwanese. J Nutr Health Aging 2010; 14 (6) 412-416
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Tsai AC*, Chang TL, Wang YC, Liao CY. Population-specific
short-form Mini Nutritional Assessment with BMI or calf-circumference can
predict risk of malnutrition in community-living or institutionalized elderly
in Taiwan. J Am Dietet Assoc. 2010; 110: 1328-1334
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Tsai AC*,
Yang SF, Wang JY. Validation of population-specific Mini-Nutritional Assessment
with its long-term mortality-predicting ability--results of a population-based
longitudinal 4-year study in Taiwan. Br. J Nutr 2010; 104 (1): 93-99