Esquius M, Schwartz S, López Hellín J, Andreu A L, García E
Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Sant Bernabé, Berga, Barcelona.
Med Clin (Barc). 1993 May 8;100(18):692-8.
Anthropometry is an effective method used in the evaluation of the state of nutrition. Anthropometric reference values obtained from the general population have frequently been used. The aim of this study was to determine the anthropometric parameters of the elderly in Manresa and demonstrate the different evolution of these values in both sexes between the ages of 65 and 85 or more.
Following randomization a representative sample of 1,034 healthy elderly subjects living in Manresa was obtained with the following being determined: weight, height, tricipital, subscapular and abdominal fat folds, arm circumference, arm muscle perimeter, weight/height indexes, muscle and fat areas of the arm and percentage of fat. All the measurements were obtained by the same person with the use of a tallimeter scale with a flexible metric tape and a Holtain lipocalibrater.
The values are presented in percentiles by subgroups of age and sex. The weight, height and indexes of lean mass were greater in males while those determining fatty mass were greater in females. In females all the values decreased between 65 and 85 or more years of age (p < 0.001), while in males all decreased (p < 0.001) except; tricipital and abdominal skin folds. Upon comparison of these parameters with those obtained in other geographic areas, differences were observed between both.
By the characteristics of the population studied it was considered that the anthropometric parameters obtained are extensible to all the elderly population of Catalonia and may be used as reference values of the same.
人体测量学是评估营养状况的有效方法。从普通人群中获得的人体测量参考值经常被使用。本研究的目的是确定曼雷萨地区老年人的人体测量参数，并展示65岁至85岁及以上男女这些值的不同变化情况。
经过随机分组，获得了1034名居住在曼雷萨的健康老年人的代表性样本，并测定了以下指标：体重、身高、三头肌、肩胛下和腹部脂肪褶皱、上臂围、上臂肌肉周长、体重/身高指数、上臂肌肉和脂肪面积以及脂肪百分比。所有测量均由同一人使用带柔性卷尺的身高计和霍尔坦唇围测量仪进行。
这些值按年龄和性别亚组以百分位数表示。男性的体重、身高和瘦体重指数较高，而决定脂肪量的指标女性较高。在女性中，所有值在65岁至85岁及以上年龄段均下降（p < 0.001），而在男性中，除三头肌和腹部皮肤褶皱外，所有值均下降（p < 0.001）。将这些参数与其他地理区域获得的参数进行比较时，发现两者之间存在差异。
根据所研究人群的特征，认为所获得的人体测量参数可推广至加泰罗尼亚所有老年人群体，并可作为其参考值。
