title: Relationship between sex, body composition, gait speed and body satisfaction in elderly people.
abstract: The purpose of this study is to analyzebody satisfaction in non-institutionalized old people and its association with sex, body mass index (BMI) and gait speed.
  
  
  METHODS
  Hundred six people have participated, 38 men (age=74.60 ±6.67 years old) and 68 women (age=72.76 ±4.68 years old). The Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) has been used together with body composition and a gait speed test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Prevalence of body dissatisfaction in old people is about 5.6 %. Women have higher body fat percentage and less muscle mass. Significant differences were not found (p≥0.05) in the BSQ relating with sex. Obese old people with less gait speed showed higher score in BSQ. The Total BSQ is positively correlated with BMI (r=0.487, p<0.01), fat percentage (r=0.371, p<0.01) and negatively correlated with gait speed (r=-0.215 p<0.05)and perceived health status (r=-0.269, p<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Older people's body satisfaction is positively associated with the perception of health and gait speed and negatively with BMI.
authors.affiliation: University of Jaen, Department of Health Sciences. Campus de Las Lagunillas, Jaen (Spain).. platorre@ujaen.es.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Latorre Román
authors.affiliation: University of Jaen, Department of Health Sciences. Campus de Las Lagunillas, Jaen (Spain).. fegarpi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: García-Pinillos
authors.affiliation: University of Jaen, Department of Health Sciences. Campus de Las Lagunillas, Jaen (Spain).. platorre@ujaen.es.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Huertas Herrador
authors.affiliation: University of Jaen, Department of Health Sciences. Campus de Las Lagunillas, Jaen (Spain).. platorre@ujaen.es.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cózar Barba
authors.affiliation: University of Jaen, Department of Health Sciences. Campus de Las Lagunillas, Jaen (Spain).. mmj00006@red.ujaen.es.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muñoz Jiménez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001823:Body Composition; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012737:Sex Factors