Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and its relation to nutritional status in older people

• Published in: Nutrición hospitalaria : organo oficial de la Sociedad Española de Nutrición Parenteral y Enteral Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 1667 - 1674
• Main Authors: Zaragoza Martí, Ana, Ferrer Cascales, Rosario, Cabañero Martínez, María José, Hurtado Sánchez, Jose Antonio, Laguna Pérez, Ana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Spain 01-04-2015
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Body Composition; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diet Surveys; Diet, Mediterranean - statistics & numerical data; Feeding Behavior; Female; Humans; Male; Nutritional Status - physiology; Sex Factors; Spain - epidemiology; Waist-Hip Ratio
• ISSN: 1699-5198
• DOI: 10.3305/nh.2015.31.4.8553

the Mediterranean diet (MD) and model quality diet is associated with a reduction in mortality and an improvement in quality of life in elderly.
To evaluate the relationship between nutritional status and lifestyles with the degree of adherence to the DM in elderly Methods: Sample consists of 60 subjects who attended the nursing consultation of a scepter health of Alicante with an index greater than 24.9 body mass. The frequency questionnaire food consumption MEDIS-FFQ questionnaire PREDIMED adherence to the Mediterranean diet and anthropometric assessment was used.
83.3% of the population were overweight compared to 16.7% obesity, no significant differences between sexes. The percentage of body fat was 40.3% in women and 29.5% in men (p = 0.001). 65.2% of the women had cardiovascular risk compared with 81.8% of men (p = 0.001). It was observed under compliance with dietary recommendations in whole grains, fruits and nuts. Subjects with low adherence to the DM had higher rates of obesity (OR = 1.46; 95% CI, 0.89-2.40), increased consumption of snuff (OR = 1.65; 95% CI, 1.05-2.60) and alcohol (OR = 1.53; 95% CI, 0.91-2.55), increased waist-hip ratio (OR = 2.57; 95% CI, 1.3-4.9) and higher percentage of body fat (OR = 5.3; 95% CI, 1.02-6.48).
Subjects with good adherence (DM) had a lower waist-hip ratio and a lower percentage of body fat.