title: Nutritional status: anthropometry. Euronut SENECA investigators.
abstract: In 19 towns and cities across Europe anthropometric data--body weight, height, skinfold thicknesses and circumferences--have been obtained from 2332 elderly subjects born between 1913 and 1918, according to a strictly standardized methodology. Large variations exist among research towns even within countries. For body weight, means ranged from 70.1 +/- 15.4 kg to 78.2 +/- 10.7 kg in men and from 56.8 +/- 8.1 to 71.4 +/- 11.4 kg in women. In the North European towns and cities both men and women were taller than their counterparts in the southern towns. Mean body mass index varied from 24.4 +/- 3.8 kg m-2 to 30.3 +/- 5.2 kg m-2 among men. In women the range of means was from 23.9 +/- 3.6 kg m-2 to 30.5 +/- 5.1 kg m-2. Triceps skinfold thicknesses suggest that females had more fat at subcutaneous sites than the males, and the waist-hip ratio was consistently lower in elderly women.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: de Groot
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sette
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zajkás
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carbajal
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Amorim
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012016:Reference Values; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012737:Sex Factors; D012885:Skinfold Thickness