Nutrients (Aug 2024)

Cardiovascular Risk Factors as Predictors of Nutritional Status in Older Mexican Adults

  • Dennys Alexandra Hernández-Torres,
  • Myrna Elizabeth López-Hernández,
  • Maria Elena Camacho-Moll,
  • Mario Bermúdez de León,
  • Katia Peñuelas-Urquides,
  • Laura Adiene González-Escalante,
  • Román González-Reyna,
  • Darinka Laillete García-Leija,
  • Brenda Leticia Escobedo-Guajardo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16162662
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 16
p. 2662

Abstract

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Aging is commonly accompanied by increased cardiovascular risk and diet plays a crucial role in health condition. The aim of this study was to determine cardiovascular risk factors as predictors of nutritional risk in Mexican older adults. A cross-sectional study on Mexican patients aged ≥60 years with cardiovascular risk factors affiliated with a medical unit in Northeast Mexico was performed from July to December 2021. The nutritional risk evaluations were performed using the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) questionnaire. After a multivariate analysis, the cardiovascular risk factors identified as independent predictors of risk of malnutrition were hypertriglyceridemia (adjusted OR (AOR): 1.8; 95% CI: 1.03–3.14; p = 0.04) and systolic hypertension I (AOR: 2.28; 95% CI: 1.04–5.02; p = 0.041); age over 80 years (AOR: 5.17; 95% CI: 1.83–14.65, p = 0.002) and elementary school education (AOR: 2.34; 95% CI: 1.20–4.55; p = 0.013) were also related. The cross-sectional design and single-center approach of this study limits the generalizability of the results; however, conducting timely evaluations of blood pressure, triglyceride levels, and risk of malnutrition using the MNA tool for patients aged ≥60 years could prevent illness and reduce mortality within this population group.

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