SEARCHCROSS-SECTIONALnutrition, geriatrics

cross-sectional·nutrition, geriatrics, public health, epidemiology, clinical nutrition·PMC10058781

Nutritional Status among Portuguese and Turkish Older Adults Living in the Community: Relationships with Sociodemographic, Health and Anthropometric Characteristics

Nutrients · 6 authors, 5 centres

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POPULATIONCommunity-dwelling older adults (≥65 years) in Portugal and Turkey

INTERVENTIONNutritional status assessment using the Mini-Nutritional Assessment Full Form (MNA-FF)

COMPARISONComparison between Portuguese and Turkish samples

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This cross-sectional study compared the nutritional status of community-dwelling older adults in Portugal and Turkey using the Mini-Nutritional Assessment. It found Turkish older adults were more likely to be malnourished, while Portuguese adults had a higher prevalence of chronic diseases.

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Nutritional status was assessed using the Mini-Nutritional Assessment Full Form (MNA-FF). Multivariate analysis showed that being female, older age, tooth loss, hypertension, anemia, cardiovascular or oncological disorders, and having a lower BMI or calf circumference were associated with higher malnutrition rates across both countries. The study is limited by its cross-sectional design, which prevents causal inference, the use of convenience samples, and reliance on self-reported clinical data. Despite these limitations, it provides the first direct comparison of nutritional status and its correlates between these two populations.

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PPOPULATION

Community-dwelling older adults (≥65 years) in Portugal and Turkey

IINTERVENTION

Nutritional status assessment using the Mini-Nutritional Assessment Full Form (MNA-FF)

OOUTCOME

MNA-FF score and its association with sociodemographic, health, and anthropometric characteristics

STUDY TYPE

cross-sectional

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nutrition

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ORIGINAL PAPER

PMC10058781

Nutritional Status among Portuguese and Turkish Older Adults Living in the Community: Relationships with Sociodemographic, Health and Anthropometric Characteristics

Nutrients

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ABSTRACT

Abstract Malnutrition is widespread among older adults, and its determinants may differ between countries. We compared Portuguese and Turkish non-institutionalized older adults regarding nutritional status, sociodemographic, health and anthropometric characteristics and studied the relationships between nutritional status and those characteristics. This cross-sectional study analyzed data from 430 Portuguese and 162 Turkish non-institutionalized older adults regarding sociodemographics, health conditions, the Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA-FF) and anthropometry. Turkish older adults were more likely to be malnourished or at risk of malnutrition and had lower average BMI but a higher calf circumference. A higher proportion of the Portuguese sample had tooth loss, diabetes, hypertension, oncologic diseases, kidney diseases, osteoarticular problems or eye problems, while less had anemia. A better nutritional status (higher MNA-FF score) was found among the Portuguese, males, people using dentures, those without tooth loss, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, anemia or oncological diseases and was related to younger age, higher BMI and a higher calf circumference. Malnutrition and its risk were higher among older adults from Turkey, despite Portuguese older adults presenting a higher prevalence of chronic diseases. Being female, older age, tooth loss, hypertension, anemia, CVD or oncological disorders and having a lower BMI or CC were associated with higher rates of malnutrition among older adults from Portugal and Turkey. Keywords: malnutrition, Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA), anthropometry, health conditions, Portugal, Turkey

CITATION EXPORT

Meryem Elif Öztürk, Rui Poínhos, Cláudia Afonso et al.. Nutritional Status among Portuguese and Turkish Older Adults Living in the Community: Relationships with Sociodemographic, Health and Anthropometric Characteristics. Nutrients. (2023). https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15061333

AUTHORS

6 · 5 CENTRES

Meryem Elif Öztürk, Rui Poínhos, Cláudia Afonso, Nurcan Yabancı Ayhan, Maria Daniel Vaz de Almeida, Bruno M P M Oliveira

1Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University, İbrahim Öktem Cd., 70100 Karaman, Turkey
2Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 823, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal
3Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ankara University, Fatih Caddesi 197/7, 06290 Ankara, Turkey
4GreenUPorto—Sustainable Agrifood Production Research Center, Rua da Agrária 747, 4485-646 Vairão, Portugal
5Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support, Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering—Technology and Science, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal