BOOK OF ABSTRACTS
8TH MEETING OF YOUNG RESEARCHERS
OF UNIVERSITY OF PORTO
An h opome ic measu emen s and physical ac i i y in an elde ly
popula ion o Au onomous Region o Madei a
S. Mülle , B. Oli ei a1,2 and F. Co eia 1,3,4
1 Facul y o Ciências da Nu ição e Alimen ação, Uni e si y o Po o, Po ugal.
2 Labo a ó io de In eligência A i icial e Apoio à Decisão, Is i u o de Engenha ia de Sis emas e
Compu ado es – Tecnologia e Ciência, Po o, Po ugal.
3 Cen o Hospi ala de São João, Po o, Po ugal.
4 Unidade de In es igação e Desen ol imen o de Ne ologia, Facul y o Medicina, Uni e si y o
Po o, Po ugal.
On he la es yea s, he e has been an inc ease on he numbe o people o e 65 yea s.
Consequen ly he e has been an inc ease o s udies ha ocus his popula ion and ies o
unde s and hei changes, cha ac e is ics and isk ac o s so we can c ea e scales o isk on
his age g oup.
Wi h aging, he e a e changes in body composi ion ha ha e g ea in luence in he com o
o he elde ly and can pu hei own heal h in ques ion. Dec eased muscle mass and bone
mass and inc eased a mass a e iew equen ly on his popula ion, con ibu ing o he
weakness.
Adding o hese changes, inc easing seden a y li es yle has a majo impac on heal h and
well - being o elde pe sons.
This esea ch ies o con ibu e o he deepening o he exis ing knowledge abou he
elde ly and ies o cha ac e ize and es ablish a ela ionship be ween an h opome ic
measu emen s and physical ac i i y in an elde ly popula ion.
The aim o his s udy was o e alua e a ep esen a i e sample o he popula ion o
Au onomous Region o Madei a o e he age o 65. In o al 1181 indi iduals o all coun ies
and pa ishes in he egion we e su eyed. Da a collec ion was conduc ed be ween Feb ua y
and Augus o 2013.
Acco ding o he objec i es, a ques ionnai e was de eloped which included ques ions
ela ed o sociodemog aphic cha ac e is ics, an h opome ic da a, clinicopa hological
backg ound, assessing nu i ional isk, among o he s.
The pa ame e s ha showed in luence on an h opome ic alues in his popula ion we e
gende , age, educa ion, he place o esidence and ype o physical ac i i y pe o med. The
a e age weigh was 72,2 kg and he a e age BMI was 29,4 kg/m2, alues highe han ound
in o he s udies in Po ugal.
Gende and physical ac i i y e eled o in luence body composi ion o old people. Women
and inac i e pe sons had highe alues o he pa ame e s used o assess a mass and lowe
alues o he ones ha measu e lean mass. Po o San o was he coun y wi h he highe
BMI and body a pe cen age. On he o he hand, in San a C uz, he body a pe cen age
was he lowes and alues o muscle mass we e he highes .
In conclusion, olde people in Madei a A chipelago a e a isk o de eloping me abolic
complica ions associa ed wi h obesi y because hey ha e showed alues abo e he cu o .
In his s udy, we showed he ele ance o measu e an h opome ic alues and physical
ac i i y in elde ly popula ion.
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