title: APPLICATILITY OF THE VISCERAL ADIPOSITY INDEX (VAI) IN THE PREDICTION OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE METABOLIC SYNDROME IN ELDERLY.
abstract: The nutritional assessment may detect a state of malnutrition, overweight and cardiometabolic risk in the elderly. Easy to apply instruments enable the identification of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD).
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  to analyze the applicability of Visceral Adiposity Index (VAI) in the prediction of MS components in the elderly.
  
  
  METHODS
  cross-sectional study with 221 elderly at a mean age of 70.65 ± 7.34 years; 53.4% female and 46.4% male. Weight, height, waist circumference (WC), fasting glucose, triglycerides (TG), total cholesterol (TC), HDL cholesterol (HDL-C), LDL cholesterol (LDL-C), and blood pressure (BP), data was obtained, as well as information about lifestyle. There were calculated the Body Mass Index (BMI), the Waist-Hip Ratio (WHR), and the VAI. The adiposity measures were compared with the components of MS, and for the VAI there was determined the capability of predicting the occurrence of MS components.
  
  
  RESULTS
  by analyzing the association among the biochemical and pressoric variables and MS components with the anthropometric indicators of obesity, there was a direct and significant correlation of the BMI, the weight and the VAI with blood glucose, HDL and TG (p.
authors.affiliation: Biological Science and Health Center, Professors of the University Center Univates.. simonedb@ufcspa.edu.br.
authors.forename: Heloisa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goldani
authors.affiliation: Biological Science and Health Center, Professors of the University Center Univates.. simonedb@ufcspa.edu.br.
authors.forename: Fernanda Scherer
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Adami
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre. Brasil.. simonedb@ufcspa.edu.br.
authors.forename: Maria Terezinha
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Antunes
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre. Brasil.. simonedb@ufcspa.edu.br.
authors.forename: Luis Henrique
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.affiliation: Biological Science and Health Center, Professors of the University Center Univates.. simonedb@ufcspa.edu.br.
authors.forename: Patrícia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fassina
authors.affiliation: Biological Science and Health Center, Professors of the University Center Univates.. simonedb@ufcspa.edu.br.
authors.forename: Magali Terezinha
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Quevedo Grave
authors.affiliation: Biological Science and Health Center, Professors of the University Center Univates. Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre. Brasil.. simonedb@ufcspa.edu.br.
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morelo Dal Bosco
mesh_terms: D050154:Adiposity; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D008055:Lipids