Nutritional status of hyperlipidemics elderly in Indonesia according to body mass lndex (study in four Indonesian big cities)
Abstract: The objective of
this study was to assess the nutritional status of hyperlipidemics elderly. A
cross sectional study was undertaken in 4 big cities in Indonesia using
multistage random sampling. The respondents were 656 hyperlipidemics and non
hyperlipidemics elderly who were the subsample of 1261 sample of a larger
population study. Data were collected through anthropometric measurements and
biochemical blood analysis. To determine the nutritional status by Body Mass
Index (BMI) the criteria used for elderly men and women are as follows,
underweight BMI ≤ 18.5 kg/m2, normoweight BMI 18.5 - 24.9 kg/m2, overweight BMI
25 - 29.9 kg/m2, and obese BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2. To determine lipid status, the
criteria used are as follows, hyperlipidemics elderly, those who had plasma
total cholesterol ≥ 240 mg/dl and or triglycerides ≥ 200 mg/dl. Prevalence of
hyperlipidemics in elderly women is higher then elderly men, 56.2% vs 47.0%.
The BMI of hyperlipidemics is mostly overweight (60.4%) and obese (57.1%) for elderly
men; and mostly normoweight (59.1%) and overweight (59.5%) for elderly women.
The prevalence of hyperlipidemics among undernourished elderly men and women
were also quite high, 38.7% and 31.6% respectively.
Author: Sudijanto Kamso,
Purwantyastuti, Yohanna S.P. Rumawas, Widjaja Lukito
Journal Code: jpkedokterangg050124
