Body composition and nutritional status of active and sedentary elderly people: are gender and age intervening factors?
| Autor: | Daniel Vicentini de Oliveira, Mariana Costa de Jesus, Josiane Ferreira de Mello, Naelly Renata Saraiva Pivetta, José Roberto Andrade do Nascimento Junior, Ligiana Pires Corona |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | O Mundo da Saúde, Vol 44, Pp 58-67 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0104-7809 1980-3990 |
| Popis: | Considering the functional changes and in view of the changes in body composition to which the elderly are exposed, it is necessary to conduct studies that seek to verify the influence of variables such as sex and age on body composition and nutritional status in this population. This study compared body composition and nutritional status among physically active and sedentary elderly people according to sex and age. 651 elderly users of Basic Health Units in Maringá-PR participated, who answered the Mini Nutritional Assessment and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests (p |
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