Resumen de Evaluation of anthropometric parameters in a national sample of Mexican older adults

María Araceli Ortiz Rodríguez, Ricardo López Solís, Antonio Rafael Villa, María Fernanda Martínez Salazar, Luis Fernando Bautista Ortiz, Juan Felipe de Jesús Adame Alemán, Paola Kattyana Antunez Bautista

• español

  The purpose of this study was to describe anthropometric parameters in a population of Mexican older adults (OA). 516 OA (277 women, 239 men) aged ≥ 65 years were interviewed. Anthropometry and a sociodemographic data questionnaire were performed. Means and standard deviations, prevalence (%) and confidence intervals are reported in the results. SPSS v20.0 was used in the statistical analysis. The combined prevalence of overweight and obesity in our population was 77%. The mean WHR values obtained were (0.97 in men and 0.89 in women). Finally, the percentage of fat in men was 30.6% and in women it was 39.8%. The results of this investigation showed significant differences between men and women in most of the anthropometric measures and nutrition indicators. The prevalence of overweight and obesity reported in the Mexican elderly population was higher than that reported in other studies, which shows an important public health problem in Mexican older adults. More studies are needed at the national level on nutritional parameters in the elderly in order to detect cardiovascular risk factors in a timely manner.

• English

  The purpose of this study was to describe anthropometric parameters in a population of Mexican older adults (MA). Weinterviewed 516 MA (277 women, 239 men) aged ≥65 years. Anthropometry, and a sociodemographic data and lifestylequestionnaire were performed. Means and standard deviations, prevalence (%) and confidence intervals are reported in the results. SPSS v20.0 was used in the statistical analysis. The combined prevalence of overweight and obesity in our population was 77%. The mean ICC values obtained were (0.97 in men and 0.89 in women). Finally, the percentage of fat in men was 30.6% and in women it was 39.8%. The results of this investigation showed significant differences between men and women in most of the anthropometric measures and nutrition indicators. The prevalence of overweight and obesity reported in the Mexicanelderly population was higher than that reported in other studies, which shows an important public health problem inMexican older adults. More studies are needed at the national level on nutritional parameters in the elderly in order to detectcardiovascular risk factors in a timely manner.