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0337/2020 - Nutritional and cardiovascular risk in elderly Quilombolas
Risco nutricional e cardiovascular em idosos Quilombolas

Author:

• Thalita Costa da Silva - Silva, T.C - <thalitacosta91@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4458-5560

Co-author(s):

• Carlos Martins Neto - Neto, C.M. - <carlosneto91@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6554-3087
• Carolina Abreu de Carvalho - de Carvalho, C.A. - <carolina.carvalho@ufma.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7900-4642
• Poliana Cristina de Almeida Fonseca - Fonseca, P.C.A - <polianafonseca@ufpi.edu.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8875-5154
• Lívia dos Santos Rodrigues - Rodrigues, L.S - <livia.s.r@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2933-6125
• Bruno Luciano Carneiro Alves de Oliveira - Oliveira, B.L.C.A. - CURURUPU, - <oliveira.bruno@ufma.br, brunodeoliveirama@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8053-7972


Abstract:

Objective: To evaluate the nutritional and cardiovascular risk according to anthropometric measures of quilombola old in the state of Maranhão.Methods:This is a cross-sectional study carried out in 11 remaining quilombola communities in the municipality of Bequimão, Maranhão, Brazil. A census of the elderly population was carried out, which represented 205 people. Nutritional and cardiovascular risks were estimated using anthropometric indicators according to sex and age. Pearson's chi-square or Fisher's exact tests and analysis of variance were performed. Differences were considered statistically significant when p <0.05.Results:Quilombola elderly people live in precarious housing conditions and sanitary infrastructure, with high nutritional and cardiovascular risk, but with differences between sex and age. Excess weight was more prevalent in women and younger elderly people, while men and elderly people aged 80 or more were more malnourished and with greater loss of body mass. The cardiovascular risk was higher among women and high in all age groups. Conclusions:Quilombola elderly people live in socioeconomic vulnerability and showed a high prevalence of low weight, loss of muscle mass and high cardiovascular risk, with a higher risk among women and the elderly in the older age group.



Keywords:

Older persons. Groups of African descent.Anthropometry.Nutrition. Cardiovascular.

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Silva, T.C, Neto, C.M., de Carvalho, C.A., Fonseca, P.C.A, Rodrigues, L.S, Oliveira, B.L.C.A.. Nutritional and cardiovascular risk in elderly Quilombolas. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2020/Nov). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/nutritional-and-cardiovascular-risk-in-elderly-quilombolas/17819?id=17819&id=17819



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