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. 2013:2013:695496.
doi: 10.1155/2013/695496. Epub 2013 Apr 23.

Anthropometric changes in the Brazilian cohort of older adults: SABE survey (health, well-being, and aging)

Manuela Ferreira de Almeida  1 , Maria de Fátima Nunes Marucci, Luís Alberto Gobbo, Luciana Silva Ferreira, Daiana Aparecida Quintiliano Scarpelli Dourado, Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira Duarte, Maria Lucia Lebrão
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Anthropometric changes in the Brazilian cohort of older adults: SABE survey (health, well-being, and aging)

Manuela Ferreira de Almeida et al. J Obes. 2013.

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to analyze the anthropometric changes in a home-based cohort of Brazilian older adults who participated in the SABE Survey, conducted in 2000 and 2006. A total of 1030 men and women were examined by age group: 60-69, 70-79, and ≥80 years. This representative sample consists of the survivors of the 2000 cohort. The following anthropometric variables were assessed: body mass, arm muscle, waist and calf circumferences, triceps skinfold thickness, body mass index, waist-hip ratio, and arm muscle area according to mean values and percentile distribution. Except for body mass and body mass index, a significant difference (P < 0.05) was observed among the assessed anthropometric variables during the follow-up period. The older adults ≥80 years presented the lowest values. The reduction in the mean values of triceps skinfold thickness was greater (30%) than that of waist circumference (9%) and was more pronounced in women (21%) than in men (9%). Arm muscle circumference and area reduced by 8% and 19%, respectively, in men and 1% and 3%, correspondingly, in women. Our findings revealed reductions in the mean values for all anthropometric variables in the follow-up period from 2000 to 2006 among older adults.

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Final sample of older adults according to changes that occurred in the period, SABE Survey, 2000–2006.
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