Oral health and nutritional status in Egyptian elderly

A cross-sectional sample of 253 ambulatory elderly Egyptians (99 males and 154 females) of minimal age, 60 y, living in the metropolitan Cairo area was investigated. Nutritional status assessment was based on body weight, mid-upper arm circumference and skinfold thickness. Additionally, three nutrit...

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Published in:Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology 1999, Vol.45(5), pp.533-541
Main Authors: Soliman, N. (National Research Center, Giza (Egypt)), El-Batran, M, El-Nofely, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adipose Tissue
Aged
Aging
Biological and medical sciences
Body Mass Index
Body Weight
DENT
dentition
DIENTES
EGIPTO
EGYPT
EGYPTE
Egyptians
ELDERLY
ESTADO NUTRICIONAL
ETAT NUTRITIONNEL
Female
health
Human physiology applied to population studies and life conditions. Human ecophysiology
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Muscle, Skeletal
nutrition
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
Nutritional survey. Food supply and nutritional requirement
Oral Health
PERSONNE AGEE
Skinfold Thickness
TEETH
TERCERA EDAD
Tropical medicine
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Summary:A cross-sectional sample of 253 ambulatory elderly Egyptians (99 males and 154 females) of minimal age, 60 y, living in the metropolitan Cairo area was investigated. Nutritional status assessment was based on body weight, mid-upper arm circumference and skinfold thickness. Additionally, three nutritional indices, namely body mass index, index of adiposity and index of muscularity, were computed. The oral cavity was examined clinically to evaluate the number and health condition of teeth present. Results showed that the anthropometric nutritional indicators were higher than expected, however, they decreased by age in both sexes. In addition, the values of body mass index and index of adiposity in females were significantly higher than in males, while the reverse was observed in regards to muscularity index (p0.05). The three nutritional indices in dentate subjects were slightly higher than those in edentulous ones. Moreover, within the dentate groups there was a tendency for increased values of these indices by the increasing number of healthy teeth
ISSN:0301-4800
1881-7742
DOI:10.3177/jnsv.45.533