Associations among self-reported diabetes, nutritional status, and socio-demographic variables in community-dwelling older adults

Abstract

ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to describe relationships between self-reported diabetes mellitus and its treatment, according to demographic and socioeconomic data, as well as indicators of nutritional status in community-dwelling older adults. MethodsThis is a population-based and a cross-sectional study derived from the multicentric survey "Frailty in Brazilian Elderly". The random sample consisted of 881 community-dwelling older adults aged 65 years and older from the city of Campinas. The self-reported variables were: age, gender, family income (minimum salaries), education (years of education); and absolute data (yes versus no) regarding unintentional weight loss and weight gain, diabetes, and its treatment. Anthropometric variables were collected by trained examiners following classic protocols. Body mass index was classified as: underweight <23; normal weight ≥23 and <28; overweight ≥28 and <30; and obesity ≥30. Waist-to-hip ratio, indicator of abdominal adiposity, was classified according the metabolic risk, for male and female, respectively: low 0.90-0.95 and 0.80-0.85; moderate 0.96-1.00 and 0.86-0.90; and high >1.00 and >0.90.

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“…It consisted of the classification of overweight by the Body Mass Index (BMI) 20 and risk by the Waist to Hip Ratio (WHR) 21…”

Perfil sociodemográfico, condições de saúde e hábitos alimentares de idosos acompanhados em ambulatório geriátrico

“…Quanto ao estado nutricional, segundo o IMC, com média de 27,24 kg/m 2 (±5,5 kg/m 2 ), a maioria apresentou excesso de peso corporal, reforçando o declínio da desnutrição nas últimas décadas, e, em contrapartida, crescimento do excesso de peso corporal e obesidade, em todas as faixas etárias, fator de risco para DCNT, que são as principais causas de morte entre adultos e idosos atualmente 7 . Em outro estudo 25 , a população idosa apresentou sobrepeso (15,1%) e obesidade (26,6%), com valores médios de 27,52 kg/m 2 (±4,84 kg/m 2 ) e por outra pesquisa, em que 58,8% 21 e 46,5% 26 dos idosos estavam com excesso de peso corporal.…”

“…O excesso de gordura visceral e de peso no geral está associado a alta incidência de DCNT e mortalidade 27 . Situação também encontrada em outros estudos 25,26 .…”

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