caa a22 4500 388059117 CHVBK 20180307125115.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199812 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1079/PHN19980042 doi S1368980098000433 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1079/PHN19980042 The nutritional status of older Rwandan refugees [Elektronische Daten] Abstract Objective: To assess the nutritional status of older people in an unstable situation. Design: Anthropometric and socioeconomic data were collected cross-sectionally. Body mass index (BMI), arm muscle area (AMA) and arm fat area (AFA) were calculated to evaluate nutritional status. For 41 subjects with kyphosis, height was estimated from arm span using sex-specific regression equations from the non-kyphotic group. Setting: The study was carried out in the post-emergency phase in a Rwandan refugee camp in Karagwe district, north-west Tanzania. Subjects: Measurements were obtained from 413 men and 415 women aged 50-92 years. Results: The prevalence of undernutrition (BMI < 18.5) was 19.5% in men and 13.1% in women and was higher above age 60 years in both sexes: in men the prevalences were 23.2% and 15.0% (P < 0.05) and in women 15.1% and 10.9% for the older and younger age groups respectively. AMA, which is important in relation to the ability to remain active and independent, was also significantly lower in older age groups. No difference was found in AFA. The proportion with low BMI was much higher in the group with kyphosis. Conclusions: Even in this population of older Rwandans who managed to reach the camp and survive in exile for more than a year, undernutrition does occur and is more prevalent at an advanced age. The higher prevalence of undernutrition in kyphotic people illustrates the importance of including this group in nutritional status assessments. Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1998 Nutritional status nationallicence BMI nationallicence MUAC nationallicence Kyphosis nationallicence Older adults nationallicence Refugees nationallicence Developing countries nationallicence Pieterse Simone Public Health Nutrition Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 49/51 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP, UK Manandhar Mary Public Health Nutrition Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 49/51 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP, UK Ismail Suraiya Public Health Nutrition Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 49/51 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP, UK Public Health Nutrition Cambridge University Press 1/4(1998-12), 259-264 1368-9800 1:4<259 1998 1 PHN https://doi.org/10.1079/PHN19980042 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1079/PHN19980042 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pieterse Simone Public Health Nutrition Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 49/51 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP, UK NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Manandhar Mary Public Health Nutrition Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 49/51 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP, UK NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ismail Suraiya Public Health Nutrition Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 49/51 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP, UK NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Public Health Nutrition Cambridge University Press 1/4(1998-12), 259-264 1368-9800 1:4<259 1998 1 PHN CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge