LOW ANTHROPOMETRIC INDEXES IN ELDERLY FEMALES WITH FRACTURED NECK OF FEMUR

被引：18

作者：

MANSELL, PI

RAWLINGS, J

ALLISON, SP

BENDALL, MJ

PEARSON, M

BASSEY, EJ

BASTOW, M

机构：

[1] Departments of Medicine and of Geriatrics, University Hospital, Nottingham

[2] Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham

[3] Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn, Norfolk

来源：

CLINICAL NUTRITION | 1990年 / 9卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1016/0261-5614(90)90019-O

中图分类号：

R15 [营养卫生、食品卫生]; TS201 [基础科学];

学科分类号：

100403 ;

摘要：

Anthropometric measurements were made in 3 groups of elderly females (1) with fractured neck of femur, (2) those admitted to acute medical and geriatric wards, and (3) healthy women in the community. Mid-arm circumference was different in the three groups with mean values of 22.8 ± 0.21 cm, 25.9 ± 0.41 cm and 28.6 ± 0.27 cm respectively; (p < 0.001 for all comparisons). Triceps skinfold thickness was 24.7 ± 0.70 mm in the healthy elderly but only 13.0 ± 0.59 mm in the fracture group (p < 0.001). Fractured femur patients are therefore thinner than both healthy controls and unselected elderly female medical in-patients. These differences are most apparent in anthropometric indices dependent on body fat and this may be significant in terms of the aetiology of fractured femur. © 1990.

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页码：190 / 194

页数：5

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