COMPOSICIÓN CORPORAL Y ENVEJECIMIENTO EN LA HABANA, CUBA
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.22201/iia.14055066p.1999.30885Keywords:
aging, body composition, CubaAbstract
This paper present the results of a cross-sectional study of 146 subjects (96 women and 50 men), 60 to 80 years old. Participants were divided into four years groups in order to analyze somatic data collected for: height; body weight; percentaje total body fat; body mass index; mid upper arm, waist and hip circunferences; subscapular, triceps, biceps and suprailiac skinfolds; waist-to-hip circunferences ratio; mid upper arm fat and muscle areas. Concerning body composition is observed that males increase % total body fat but not significativally, meanwhile females decrease (p<0.05: F=1.88). Skinfolds increase with age in men and decrease in women, with different degrees of statistic significance.
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