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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 66, 795-802, Copyright © 1997 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Nutritional status indicators and their interactions in rural Guatemalan elderly: a study in San Pedro Ayampuc

JE King, M Mazariegos, C Valdez, C Castaneda and NW Solomons
Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment, Aging and Metabolism (CeSSIAM), Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Anthropometry and body-composition measures, hematologic and biochemical measures of nutritional status, and helminthic infection were studied in the population of elderly persons (> or = 60 y of age) in a rural village in Guatemala that was 65% Mayan (indigenous) and 35% ladino (European). The population had low levels of literacy and formal education. The elderly persons were much shorter and lighter than reference populations. Anemia was present in 18% of the population, and riboflavin and vitamin B-12 deficiencies were detected in 70% and 38%, respectively. Both anthropometric and biochemical-hematologic variables were lower, on average, in the Mayan descendants than in the ladinos. When grouped by body mass index (BMI; in kg/m2), greater BMI signified higher values for almost all biochemical-hematologic measures. Sixty- five percent of the sampled population had mild-to-moderate Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura infections. The lifestyle in rural Guatemala is evolving, and the present findings provide insights into the evolution of nutritional status in the growing number of elderly in the countryside.


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