title: [Total energy value and percentage contribution of calories from macronutrients in the diet of elderly individuals from Fortaleza, state of Ceará, Brazil].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Describe the total energy value and percentage contribution of calories from macronutrients in the diet of elderly individuals living in Fortaleza/CE.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a population-based, cross-sectional domiciliary study, which included 458 elderly individuals (66.6% women). The variables evaluated were total energy value (TEV) and the percentage contribution of calories from proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids. The results are shown as mean, standard deviation, and percentile distribution (P5, P10, P25, P50, P75, P90, P95). The Student's t-test and analysis of variance (one-way ANOVA) with LSD post-hoc tests were used to determine the statistical significance of means between two groups and among three or more groups, respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  When comparing the mean values of TEV among categories of socioeconomic and demographic variables, statistically significant differences were found between women for ethnicity, years of schooling and socioeconomic level. Among men, differences were found for years of schooling and socioeconomic level. The mean energy value of men's diet was significantly higher than that of women (1475.8 kcal and 1236.4 kcal, respectively). The mean values of calorie percentage contribution from proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids were similar between men and women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The elderly of this study showed significant differences in mean values of TEV between sexes and between the categories years of schooling and socioeconomic level. Women also showed significant differences between the ethnic categories. The mean relative contribution of macronutrients in TEV was similar between genders and age groups.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB, Brasil. tnmenezes@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Tarciana Nobre de
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Menezes
authors.forename: Maria de Fátima Nunes
authors.initials: Mde F
authors.lastname: Marucci
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D058620:Elder Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002149:Energy Intake / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009753:Nutritive Value / Q000208:ethnology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population