RT journal article
T1 Proposed cut-off points for anthropometric and bioelectrical measures based on overweight and obesity criteria in Spanish institutionalised elderly people
A1 Alvero-Cruz, José Ramón
A1 Fernández Vázquez, Rosalia
A1 Martínez Blanco, Javier
A1 Rosety Rodríguez, Ignacio
A1 Díaz Ordóñez, Antonio Jesús
A1 Rosety Rodríguez, Miguel Ángel
A1 Rosety Rodríguez, Manuel
A1 Ordóñez Muñoz, Francisco Javier
A2 Anatomía y Embriología Humana
A2 Didáctica de la Educación FísicaPlástica y Musical
A2 Enfermería y Fisioterapia
A2 Medicina
AB The increasing prevalence of obesity among the institutionalised elderly population and its severe consequences on health requires an early and accurate diagnosis that can be easily achieved in any clinical setting. This study aimed to determine new cut-off values for anthropometric and bioelectrical impedance measures that are superior to body mass index criteria for overweight and obesity status in a sample of Spanish institutionalised elderly population. A total of 211 institutionalised older adults (132 women, aged 84.3 +/- 7.3 years; 79 men, aged 81.5 +/- 7.3 years) were enrolled in the current cross-sectional study. Anthropometric and bioelectrical impedance measures included the body mass index, waist circumference, gluteal circumference, waist-hip ratio, sagittal-abdominal diameter, trunk fat, and visceral-fat ratio. In women, the waist circumference, gluteal circumference, sagittal-abdominal diameter, trunk fat, and visceral-fat index presented strongly significant specificity and sensitivity (area under the curve [AUC], p<0.0001) and elevated discriminative values (receiver operating characteristic [ROC] curves: 0.827 to 0.867) for overweight and obesity status. In men, the waist-hip ratio, waist circumference, gluteal circumference, sagittal-abdominal diameter, trunk fat, and visceral-fat ratio were strongly significant AUC (p<0.0001), with moderate-to-high values (ROC curves: 0.757-0.871). In conclusion, our findings suggest that gluteal circumference, waist circumference, and sagittal-abdominal diameter in women and trunk fat, visceral-fat ratio, and waist circumference in men may represent more suitable cut-off values superior to body mass index criteria for overweight and obesity in the Spanish institutionalised elderly population.
PB PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
SN 1932-6203
YR 2021
FD 2021-03
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/24801
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/24801
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 07-nov-2026