Total and central obesity in elderly associated with a marker of undernutrition in early life – sitting height‐to‐stature ratio

A nutritional paradox

Bibliographic Data

ID19459474
AuthorsErika Aparecida Silveira (0000-0002-8839-4520, Post‐Graduation Program in Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Goiás Brazil, corresponding author), Carla Cristina Da Conceição Ferreira (0000-0002-1279-0439, Post‐Graduation Program in Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Goiás Brazil), Valéria Pagotto (0000-0002-5590-2453, Post‐Graduation Program in Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Goiás Brazil), Annelisa Silva E Alves De Carvalho Santos (0000-0003-0045-6991, Post‐Graduation Program in Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Goiás Brazil), Gustavo Velasquez-Melendez (0000-0001-8349-5042, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Gustavo Velasquez‐Melendez (Nursing School Federal University of Minas Gerais Brazil)
Year2017
Volume29
Issue3
Publication date2017-05-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Human Biology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1042-0533 • E-ISSN: 1520-6300
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajhb.22977
PMID28161905
OpenAlexW2584650267
LanguageEN
References cited18

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether sitting height-to-stature ratio (SHSR) is associated with total and central obesity in the elderly. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study with 133 noninstitutionalized elderly. High SHSR (≥ 1SD above the mean) was used as a marker of undernutrition (MU) in early life. Poisson's multiple regression was used to determine the association between variables. RESULTS: The prevalence of high SHSR was 21.0%, total obesity 43.6% and central obesity 50.4%. Elderly with high SHSR presented a statistically significant association with total obesity (PR 1.50; 95% CI 1.04-2.18) and central obesity (PR 1.42; 95% CI 1.03-1.95) after adjustment for sex, age, educational level and income in the multivariate analysis. CONCLUSION: The occurrence of total and central obesity in the elderly was associated with a MU in early life. This result indicates that nutritional deficiencies in childhood may increase the risk of obesity in the elderly, a nutritional paradox

Environmental health · Malnutrition · Obesity · Poisson regression · Short stature · Sitting · Birth, Development, and Health · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Medicine · Nutrition and Health in Aging · Gerontology · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics

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