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Anthropometric norms in the elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Michael L. Burr  and
Karin M. Phillips
Michael L. Burr
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, 4 Richmond Road, Cardiff CF2 3AS
Karin M. Phillips
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, 4 Richmond Road, Cardiff CF2 3AS
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Abstract

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1. Anthropometric indices are presented for representative samples of elderly people in South Wales, based on over 1500 subjects seen during community surveys.

2. Body mass index declined with age after 70 years in both men and women. Estimates of fat and muscle volume based on upper arm measurements also showed a decline with age, which was particularly steep for triceps skinfold thickness in women.

3. These indices are in general similar to results that have been reported from other surveys within the UK; they suggest that Welsh old people have less fat and muscle than elderly Americans.

Type
Papers of direct relevance to Clinical and Human Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 51 , Issue 2 , March 1984 , pp. 165 - 169
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1984

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