[Body profile and physical and cognitive function by age in ambulatory elderly XXXX from the city of C  rdoba].

@entity1 @entity28 @entity73 @entity6288 @entity121
UNASSIGNED: Aging produces body changes such as redistribution of fat and loss of muscle mass and strength, predisposing to @entity73 and disability. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the relationship between body profile and physical and cognitive function by age in in ambulatory elderly @entity1 from the city of C  rdoba. METHODS: 178 healthy older @entity1 (OW) >= 60 years free living were evaluated attending centers of retirees and day homes in the city of C  rdoba. We evaluated body profile from: skeletal muscle mass index (SMMI), relative body adiposity (RBA) -dual X-ray absorptiometry- and @entity121 ( @entity121 ) -dynamometry-. Categories: normal/(N) @entity6288 /(SP), @entity28 /(OB), @entity28 /(SO); Physical function: with/without physical limitation (PL); cognitive function: with/without @entity73 ( @entity73 ). INSTRUMENTS: Lunar Prodigy Densitometer and Smedley dynamometer, Lawton and Brody and Minimental Examination of Folstein scales. RESULTS: SO prevailed and increased with age, contrary to OB. Most of the OW did not PL or @entity73 . Only 2.25% had low SMMI and 48.3% dynapenia. 76.97% had elevated RBA. The SP - obese or not - had greater PL and @entity73 . @entity73 frequency doubled to PL (15.17% versus 6.74%). We found negative correlations and significant associations between age and @entity121 (r= -0.279; p=0.0001), physical function (r=-0.164; p=0.0283) and cognitive function (r=-0.028; p=0.0002). CONCLUSIONS: In this group of healthy OW the dynapenia was responsible for the observed SP, not low SMMI. The OW with SP had more PL and @entity73 , and increased with age.
