Marinos Elia

Who benefits from nutritional support: what is the evidence? (2007)

Stratton, Rebecca J., Elia, Marinos

Nutritional support, including oral nutritional supplements, enteral tube feeding and parenteral nutrition, can be an important part of the management of any patient. Malnutrition is common and...

The effect of total starvation and very low energy diet in lean men on kinetics of whole body protein and five hepatic secretory proteins (2007)

Afolabi, Paul R., Jahoor, Farook, Jackson, Alan A., Stubbs, James, Johnstone, Alexander M., Faber, Peter, ...

It is unclear whether the rate of weight loss, independent of magnitude, affects whole body protein metabolism and the synthesis and plasma concentrations of specific hepatic secretory proteins. We...

Deprivation linked to malnutrition risk and mortality in hospital (2006)

Stratton, Rebecca J., Elia, Marinos

This study aimed to investigate the link between deprivation and in-hospital malnutrition and to assess any independent and interrelated effects of deprivation and malnutrition on clinical outcome in...

Substrate-energy metabolism and metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease in relation to fetal growth and adult body composition (2006)

Kensara, Osama A., Wooton, Steve A., Phillips, David I., Patel, Mayank, Hoffman, Daniel J., Jackson, Alan A., ...

The effect of fetal programming on intermediary metabolism is uncertain. Therefore, we examined whether fetal programming affects oxidative and nonoxidative macronutrient metabolism and the...

‘Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool’ predicts mortality and length of hospital stay in acutely ill elderly (2006)

Stratton, Rebecca J., King, Claire L, Stroud, Mike A., Jackson, Alan A., Elia, Marinos

Malnutrition and its impact on clinical outcome may be underestimated in hospitalised elderly as many screening procedures require measurements of weight and height that cannot often be undertaken in...

Fetal programming of body composition: relation between birth weight and body composition measured with dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry and anthropometric methods in older Englishmen (2005)

Kensara, Osama A., Wootton, Steve A., Phillips, David I., Patel, Mayke, Jackson, Alan A., Elia, Marinos

Background: Reduced fetal growth is associated with differences in body composition in adult life that may predispose to cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Most published data are based on simple...

Enteral nutritional support and use of diabetes-specific formulas for patients with diabetes. A systematic review and meta-analysis (2005)

Elia, Marinos, Ceriello, Antonio, Laube, Heiner, Sinclair, Alan J., Engfer, Meike, Stratton, Rebecca J.

OBJECTIVE—The aim of this systematic review was to determine the benefits of nutritional support in patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—Studies utilizing an...

Multinutrient oral supplements and tube feeding in maintenance dialysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2005)

Stratton, Rebecca J., Bircher, Gemma, Fouque, Denis, Stenvinkel, Peter, De Mutsert, Renee, Engfer, Meike, ...

Background: This systematic review aims to determine the potential benefits of enteral multinutrient support (oral or tube) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) receiving maintenance...

Do interventions which reduce colonic bacterial fermentation improve symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome? (2005)

Dear, Keith L.E, Elia, Marinos, Hunter, John O.

Abnormal fermentation may be an important factor in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Gastroenteritis or antibiotic therapy may damage the colonic microflora, leading to increased fermentation and the...

Geographical inequalities in nutrient status and risk of malnutrition among English people aged 65 y and older (2005)

Elia, Marinos, Stratton, Rebecca J.

Objective: Geographical inequalities in health continue to be a problem within developed countries. This study investigated whether there were north-south geographical inequalities among older people...

Insights into energy requirements in disease (2005)

Elia, Marinos

Accurate information about the energy needs of a range of acute and chronic diseases and morbidity is lacking and often complicated by the medication prescribed to treat the condition and also...

Enteral nutritional support in prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2005)

Stratton, Rebecca J., Ek, Anna-Christina, Engfer, Meike, Moore, Zena, Rigby, Paul, Wolfe, Robert, ...

Background: There have been few systematic reviews and no meta-analyses of the clinical benefits of nutritional support in patients with, or at risk of developing, pressure ulcers. Therefore, this...

Changes in circulating concentrations of vitamins and trace elements after cessation of nocturnal enteral tube feeding (2004)

Baldwin, Christine, Dewit, Odile, Elia, Marinos

Background: This study aimed to examine whether circulating concentrations of a range of vitamins and trace elements in patients receiving long-term cyclic enteral tube feeding vary during the day,...

Intestinal inflammation measured by fecal neopterin in Gambian children with enteropathy: association with growth failure, Giardia lamblia, and intestinal permeability (2004)

Campbell, David I., McPhail, Graham, Lunn, Peter G., Elia, Marinos, Jeffries, Donald J.

Objectives: Investigate whether fecal neopterin concentration (a potential marker of gut inflammation) in Gambian children with enteropathy was associated with growth failure. Secondary outcome...

Nutrition in acute care (2004)

Elia, Marinos, Stroud, Mike

Malnutrition is common in hospitalised patients but is underrecognised and undertreated. It increases mortality and complications, and delays recovery from illness during and after hospital stay. The...

Bioelectrical impedance analysis - part I: review of principles and methods (2004)

Kyle, Ursula G., Bosaeus, Ingvar, De Lorenzo, Antonio D., Deurenberg, Paul, Elia, Marinos, Gomez, José Manuel, ...

The use of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is widespread both in healthy subjects and patients, but suffers from a lack of standardized method and quality control procedures. BIA allows the...

Bioelectrical impedance analysis-part II: utilization in clinical practice (2004)

Kyle, Ursula G., Bosaeus, Ignvar, De Lorenzo, Antonio D., Deurenberg, Paul, Elia, Marinos, Gómez, José Manuel, ...

BIA is easy, non-invasive, relatively inexpensive and can be performed in almost any subject because it is portable. Part II of these ESPEN guidelines reports results for fat-free mass (FFM), body...

The development, validation and reliability of a nutrition screening tool based on the recommendations of the British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN) (2004)

Weekes, C. Elizabeth, Elia, Marinos, Emery, Peter W.

Background & Aims: Nutrition screening tools (NST) identify individuals who are malnourished or at risk of becoming malnourished and who may benefit from nutritional support. The aims of this study...

Influence of short-term dietary weight loss on cortisol secretion and metabolism in obese men (2004)

Johnstone, Alexandra M., Faber, Peter, Andrew, Ruth, Gibney, Eileen R., Elia, Marinos, Lobley, Gerald, ...

OBJECTIVES: Obesity is associated with increased inactivation of cortisol by hepatic A-ring 5alpha- and 5beta-reductases, impaired hepatic regeneration of cortisol from cortisone by...

Chronic T cell-mediated enteropathy in rural west African children: relationship with nutritional status and small bowel function (2003)

Campbell, David I., Murch, Simon H., Elia, Marinos, Sullivan, Peter B., Sanyang, Mustapha S., Jobarteh, Baba, ...

Previous studies from The Gambia have shown that poor childhood growth is resistant to all but the most intense nutritional intervention and highly dependent on small bowel permeability related to...

The effect of rate and extent of weight loss on urea salvage in obese male subjects (2003)

Faber, Peter, Johnstone, Alexandra M., Gibney, Eileen R., Elia, Marinos, Stubbs, R. James, Roger, Paula L., ...

It is well established that in human subjects a proportion of urea production undergoes hydrolysis in the gastrointestinal tract with release of N potentially available for amino acid synthesis....

Short-term continuous enteral tube feeding schedules did not suppress appetite and food intake in healthy men in a placebo-controlled trial (2003)

Stratton, Rebecca J., Stubbs, R. James, Elia, Marinos

Tube feeding (TF) provides a model with which to study appetite when nutrient delivery bypasses the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract and associated cephalic phase response. Nocturnal, diurnal and...

The effect of rate of weight loss on erythrocyte glutathione concentration and synthesis in healthy obese men (2002)

Faber, Peter, Johnstone, Alexandra M., Gibney, Eileen R., Elia, Marinos, Stubbs, R. James, Duthie, Gary G., ...

Obesity is commonly associated with a high incidence and prevalence of dyslipidaemia, cardiovascular disease and Type II diabetes. Interestingly, studies have also reported decreased antioxidant...

Evaluation of hydrogen excretion after lactulose administration as a screening test for causes of irritable bowel syndrome (2002)

Sen, Sandip, Dear, Keith L.E., King, Timothy S., Elia, Marinos, Hunter, John O.

Objective : to determine whether it is possible to separate cases of irritable bowel syndrome associated with excess total hydrogen production (as a surrogate of colonic fermentation; these patients...

Review of home paediatric parenteral nutrition in the UK (2001)

Holden, Christine E., Elia, Marinos, Russell, Christine, Shaffer, John, Micklewright, Ann, Wood, Susanne, ...

Home parenteral nutrition (HPN) is an expensive technological development which has given life to children with chronic intestinal failure. However, HPN is a complex therapy which carries...

Obesity in the elderly (2001)

Elia, Marinos

In developed countries, there is a general increase in body weight and body mass index (BMI) with age, until ~60 years of age, when body weight and BMI begin to decline. The proportion of...

Protein and energy metabolism in chronic bacterial infection: studies in melioidosis (2001)

Paton, Nicholas I., Angus, Brian, Chaowagul, Wipada, Simpson, Andrew J., Suputtamongkol, Yupin, Elia, Marinos, ...

Chronic infection is often accompanied by a wasting process, the metabolic basis of which is not fully understood. The aims of the present study were to measure protein and energy metabolism in...

Description and evaluation of a Newton-based electronic appetite rating system for temporal tracking of appetite in human subjects (2001)

Stubbs, R. James, Hughes, Darren A., Johnstone, Alexandra M., Rowley, Edel, Ferris, Steve, Elia, Marinos, ...

This study assessed the reliability and validity of a palm-top-based electronic appetite rating system (EARS) in relation to the traditional paper and pen method. Twenty healthy subjects [10 male (M)...