title: Nutritional status of healthy, active, Chinese elderly.
abstract: 1. Anthropometric indices are presented for 402 healthy Chinese elderly subjects leading an active life in the community in Hong Kong. 2. Women had higher body-mass index (weight/height) and body fat, while fat-free mass, arm-muscle circumference and corrected arm-muscle area were higher in men. Body-mass index, fat-free mass, arm-muscle circumference and corrected arm-muscle area did not decline with age. Total body fat was lower in women aged 75 years and above compared with those aged 60-64 years. 3. All values were lower than those for elderly Caucasians. A different criteria for severe wasting malnutrition among elderly Chinese should be established.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Donnan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Swaminathan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000886:Anthropometry; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status