Publicación: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BODY COMPOSITION AND THE RISK OF CHRONIC NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN ACTIVE OLDER WOMEN FROM CHILLAN (CHILE)
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2023
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Revista Espanola de Salud Publica
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OBJECTIVE: IN CHILE, THE ELDERLY REPRESENT 18% OF THE POPULATION. IN WOMEN, THE AGING PROCESS IMPACTS BODY COMPOSITION, IN ADDITION TO THE COEXISTENCE OF OTHER PATHOLOGIES SUCH AS CHRONIC NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCDS). THE AIM OF THE STUDY WAS TO RELATE BODY COMPOSITION TO THE PRESENCE OF CHRONIC NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN ACTIVE OLDER WOMEN IN THE CITY OF CHILLÁN.
METHODS: THE SAMPLE CONSISTED OF 284 WOMEN BELONGING TO SENIOR CENTERS IN CHILLÁN. BODY COMPOSITION WAS DETERMINED BY BIOIMPEDANCIOMETRY. SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, PREVALENT PATHOLOGIES, GERIATRIC SYNDROMES AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WERE DETERMINED BY MEANS OF A VALIDATED QUESTIONNAIRE. DATA WERE ANALYZED WITH DESCRIPTIVE AND INFERENTIAL STATISTICS IN STATA 15.0 SOFTWARE WITH AN ?
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Risk factors., Mexican population, Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease
