Different anthropometric indicators of central obesity can predict hypertension in older adults

Different anthropometric indicators of central obesity can predict hypertension in older adults

Objective: to investigate the association between hypertension and anthropometric indicators of central obesity, obtained from two anatomical sites in older adults.Methodology: cross-sectional study that involved 145 older adults, from whom socioeconomic and demographic data and anthropometric indic...

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Published in:Avances en enfermería Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 284 - 292
Main Authors: Novaes, Vilmary S, Passos, Rafael S, Ribeiro, Ícaro J. S., Freire, Ivna V, Schettino, Ludmila, Araujo, Claudineia M, Casotti, Cezar A, Pereira, Rafael
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Bogota Universidad Nacional de Colombia 01-09-2019
Subjects:
Abdomen
Aging
Anthropometry
Antropometria
Antropometría
BIREME
Body composition
Body measurements
Envejecimiento
Envelhecimento
Health risk assessment
Hipertensión (fuente: DeCS
Hipertensão (fonte: DeCS
Hypertension
Hypertension (source: DeCS
NURSING
Obesidad
Obesidade
Obesity
Older people
Women
Obesidad
Hipertensión (fuente: DeCS, BIREME)
Obesity Hypertension (source: DeCS, BIREmE)
Antropometría
Anthropometry
Aging
Antropometria
Envejecimiento
Obesidade
Hipertensão (fonte: DeCS, BIREME)
Envelhecimento
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Summary:Objective: to investigate the association between hypertension and anthropometric indicators of central obesity, obtained from two anatomical sites in older adults.Methodology: cross-sectional study that involved 145 older adults, from whom socioeconomic and demographic data and anthropometric indicators of central obesity (waist circumference [CC] and abdominal circumference [CA]) were obtained, which were considered independent variables. A logistic regression model was used to analyze associations and for the discriminatory power of the cut-off points of the hypertension anthropometric indicators, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was performed. Comparisons were made between ROC curves, with the aim of identifying significant differences in the discriminatory power of the anthropometric indicators studied.Results: out of the 145 individuals, 79 were females (54%) and 66 males (46%). Results showed a high prevalence of arterial hypertension in men (69,7%) and women (73,4%). Both CC and CA were significantly associated with hypertension in both genders. Parameters of the ROC curve revealed that both anthropometric indicators of central obesity exhibit good discriminatory power for hypertension in the studied population. The cut-off point for CC was > 83,2 cm for men and > 82,6 cm for women; while for CA it was > 85,1 cm and > 85,4 cm for men and women, respectively.Conclusion: CA and CC are significantly associated with hypertension in both genders, and there is no superiority between them to predict hypertension in the elderly population.
ISSN:0121-4500
2346-0261
2346-0261
DOI:10.15446/av.enferm.v37n3.77165