Composição corporal e estado nutricional de idosos ativos e sedentários: sexo e idade são fatores intervenientes?

Autor: Daniel Vicentini de Oliveira, Josiane Ferreira de Mello, Mariana Costa de Jesus, Naelly Renata Saraiva Pivetta, Ligiana Pires Corona, José Roberto Andrade do Nascimento Junior
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: O Mundo da Saúde. 44:058-067
ISSN: 1980-3990
0104-7809
DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.202044058067
Popis: Considering the functional changes and in view of the changes in body composition to which the elderly are exposed, itis necessary to conduct studies that seek to verify the influence of variables such as sex and age on body composition andnutritional status in this population. This study compared body composition and nutritional status among physically activeand sedentary elderly people according to sex and age. 651 elderly users of Basic Health Units in Maringa-PR participated,who answered the Mini Nutritional Assessment and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Data analysis wasperformed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests (p
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