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| Weight, skinfolds and circumference characteristics of poor elderly people in Mumbai, India | | Author(s) | M C Manandhar, P S Anklesaria, S J Ismail |
| Journal title | Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol 6, no 3, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 191-199 |
| Keywords | Musculoskeletal systems ; Weight ; Dimensions ; Poor elderly ; Malnutrition ; Measurement ; Comparison ; India ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The anthropometric characteristics of 1,335 people (545 men, 790 women) of low socio-economic classes aged 50-97 (mean age 60) living in slums and tenement blocks in central Mumbai (Bombay) are described. Descriptive statistics for weight, mid-upper arm and calf circumferences, and biceps, triceps, subscapular and supra-iliac skinfolds are presented. Subjects were much lighter, thinner and had smaller circumferences than their age- and sex-matched American counterparts, but were similar to nationally representative Indian slum groups, as well as other Asian groups. Men were significantly heavier than women and had larger circumferences, whereas women had significantly fatter skinfolds. Age was significantly but non-linearly related to all variables in women, but only to mid-upper arm and calf circumference in men: there was a marked step effect with the age cut-off 70 years. Overall prevalence of oedema was 2.8%. In the whole sample, men were significantly older than women, probably because men are more likely to be out working. Discussion focuses on practical issues of taking anthropometric measurements in older people living in the community, reliability, and non-participant bias. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990301209 A |
| Classmark | BK6: 4X6: 52: F:W6: CSM: 3R: 48: 7FA: 7T * |
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