Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mansell, P.I.
• Rawlings, J.
• Allison, S.P.
• Bendall, M.J.
• Pearson, M.
• Bassey, E.J.
• Bastow, M.

Titel

Low anthropometric indices in elderly females with fractured neck of femur

Ist Teil von

• Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland), 1990-08, Vol.9 (4), p.190-194

Ort / Verlag

Kidlington: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

1990

Quelle

Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect (DFG Nationallizenzen)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Anthropometric measurements were made in 3 groups of elderly females (1) with fractured neck of femur, (2) those admitted to acute medical and geriatric wards, and (3) healthy women in the community. Mid-arm circumference was different in the three groups with mean values of 22.8 ± 0.21 cm, 25.9 ± 0.41 cm and 28.6 ± 0.27 cm respectively; (p < 0.001 for all comparisons). Triceps skinfold thickness was 24.7 ± 0.70 mm in the healthy elderly but only 13.0 ± 0.59 mm in the fracture group (p < 0.001). Fractured femur patients are therefore thinner than both healthy controls and unselected elderly female medical in-patients. These differences are most apparent in anthropometric indices dependent on body fat and this may be significant in terms of the aetiology of fractured femur.