Department of Nutrition and Health, Federal University of Viçosa, Av. P.H Rolfs, s/n, CCB-2 - CEP: 36570-000 Viçosa, MG, Brazil.
Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2012 Jul-Aug;55(1):1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.05.017. Epub 2011 Jul 6.
We intended to identify and evaluate the association between the socio-demographic and epidemiological characteristics of elderly people with their nutritional characteristics. This is a transversal study PMTI (from the Portuguese name of "Programa Municipal da Terceira Idade"), conducted at Viçosa, MG, Brazil. We analyzed 93 records of elderly people registered since 2006 and who underwent nutritional care. After having analyzed the questionnaire, we performed the descriptive and association analyses in the Epi Info (version 6.04) and Minitab softwares. Of the 93 analyzed records, most elderly people were women (80.4%), with an average of 72 years of age, of which 13.0% were long-lived people. The mean body mass index (BMI) was 27.4 kg/m(2), and 50.5% were overweight. We have found 26.8% elderly patients with hypertension, and 31.6% took antihypertensives. Elderly patients who were overweight are 4.54 times more likely to have arterial hypertension (odds ratio (OR)=4.54; 95% confidence interval (CI)=1.2-2.45). Only 7.5% smoked, 30.1% were alcoholics and 60.2% made physical activities. Inadequacies were found regarding the servings of fruits, dairy products, vegetables and sugars consumed. However, the servings of cereals, leguminous, meat and fat consumed were appropriate. This study showed that the nutritional diagnosis and the epidemiological and socio-demographic studies are critical tools to understand this population group, in addition to being important to the planning of health actions.
我们旨在确定和评估老年人的社会人口学和流行病学特征与其营养特征之间的关联。这是一项在巴西米纳斯吉拉斯州维索萨市进行的横断面研究 PMTI（来自葡萄牙语名称“Programa Municipal da Terceira Idade”）。我们分析了自 2006 年以来接受营养护理的 93 名老年人的记录。在分析问卷后，我们在 Epi Info（版本 6.04）和 Minitab 软件中进行了描述性和关联分析。在分析的 93 个记录中，大多数老年人是女性（80.4%），平均年龄为 72 岁，其中 13.0%是长寿者。平均体重指数（BMI）为 27.4kg/m(2)，超重者占 50.5%。我们发现 26.8%的老年患者患有高血压，31.6%服用抗高血压药物。超重的老年患者患高血压的可能性是正常体重者的 4.54 倍（比值比（OR）=4.54；95%置信区间（CI）=1.2-2.45）。仅有 7.5%的老年人吸烟，30.1%酗酒，60.2%进行体育锻炼。发现老年人水果、乳制品、蔬菜和糖的摄入量不足，但谷物、豆类、肉类和脂肪的摄入量则适当。本研究表明，营养诊断以及流行病学和社会人口学研究是了解这一人群的关键工具，对于规划卫生行动也很重要。
