Anthropometric Characteristics of Hospitalised Elderly Women: A Case-Control Study

Abstract

This study assessed the anthropometric status of 451 hospitalised female patients aged 70 or over, at their admission to hospital, in reference to 77 healthy women of the same age. The most frequent diseases were circulatory diseases (40.8%), mental disorders (29.9%), respiratory diseases (12.4%), endocrine and metabolic diseases (11.5%), osteomuscular diseases (8.4%), and traumatisms (6.9%). The differences were significantly high for mid-arm circumference (MAC), triceps skinfold thickness (TSF), weight, weight/height, and body mass index (BMI). The patients with cancers, blood diseases, mental disorders, respiratory disease, digestive diseases, or traumatisms had the lowest values. All the indicators correlated in a similarly negative way with age. The decreased TSF was more pronounced among subjects with respiratory diseases. Measurement of anthropometric indicators, TSF in particular, should be part of preventive measures aimed at reducing malnutrition and its consequences in a hospital setting.

Nutritional Status of Elderly People Living at Home in Sidi-Bel-Abbes (West Algeria)

“…While, in older individuals (>85 year-old) values were lower. These results agree to those found by Belbraouet et al [15]. BMI was inversely correlated with age of W: −0.211 and M: −0.077.…”

“…The high prevalence of diabetes (39.00%) has not been reported in any study according to our knowledge, and remains higher to that found by Bourdel-Marchasson et al [13] and Muller et al [14] who stated that the prevalence of diabetes, in industrialized countries, generally stabilizes at around of 10% after age 65. Belbraouet et al [15] reported a prevalence of diabetes of 11.53% in a cohort of French elderly women.…”

Assessment of the Nutritional Status of 202 Elderly People Living at Home in Sidi-Bel-Abbès (Western Algeria)

“…However, the frequency of obesity in our study is greater than that described by the French investigator, Obépi [28], and other works that led to similar results [13] [27]. BMI was inversely correlated with age among women and among men, −0.333 and −0.083 respectively; these results are consistent with the work of Tavitian et al [29] and Belbraouet et al [15]. The MNA was correlated with age in males; this is consistent with Vellas et al [30], however it was not correlated with age in women.…”

“…Our study, conducted in a population of elderly people living at home, found a high prevalence of diabetes (32%) far greater than that described in the literature (10%) for industrialized countries [13]- [15] but similar to that found in a previous study in Algerian population [16]. BMI in both males and females conforms to the standards proposed by Beck et al (24 -29 kg/m 2 ) [17] and the values accepted by the European Community of Gerontology [18].…”

Anthropometric measurements may be informative for nursing home-acquired pneumonia

“…It is projected to become the fourth leading cause of death and the seventh leading cause of the global disease burden by 2030. 21 - 22 Pleasants 23 noticed that the prevalence of COPD in the nursing home setting was approximately 10%–20%.…”