title: Health and nutritional status of old-old African Americans.
abstract: This study reports the initial results of a baseline cross-sectional evaluation of the health and nutritional status of 58 old-old African Americans, 74 years of age and older, residing in low income housing complexes in metropolitan Oklahoma City. Although the population had a high overall functional status, cognitive status, and mood, there were a number of nutritional parameters suggestive of nutritional risk. In particular, 20% of subjects had relatively low serum albumin levels, 14% had serum cholesterol levels below 160 mg/dl, and a subset of the population reported low intake during 24 hour dietary recall. The National Center and Caucus on Black Aged report that 60% of African American elders live at or below the poverty level. These study findings suggest that the present cohort of African American elders may be at nutritional risk.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Forgey
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009825:Oklahoma; D010865:Pilot Projects