Body composition analysis in older adults with dementia. Anthropometry and bioelectrical impedance analysis: a critical review

• Published in: European journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 68; no. 11; pp. 1228 - 1233
• Main Authors: Camina Martín, M A, de Mateo Silleras, B, Redondo del Río, M P
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.11.2014; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/378; 692/700/2814; Adipose tissue; Aged; Aging; Anthropometry; Bioelectricity; Biological and medical sciences; Body Composition; Body fat; Body Mass Index; Body measurements; Body size; Body Water; Clinical Nutrition; Cost analysis; Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases; Dehydration; Dementia; Dementia - etiology; Dementia - pathology; Dementia disorders; Depletion; Electric Impedance; Epidemiology; Errors; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Geriatric Assessment; Health aspects; Humans; Impedance; Impedance, Bioelectric; Internal Medicine; Malnutrition; Malnutrition - complications; Malnutrition - pathology; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Metabolic Diseases; Muscles; Neurology; Nutrition Assessment; Older people; Patients; Physiological aspects; Prediction models; Public Health; Reference Values; review; Serum albumin; Serum Albumin - metabolism; Vector analysis; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; Waist Circumference; Spain; Nervous system diseases; Anthropometry; Central nervous system disease; Metabolic diseases; Degenerative disease; Review; Impedance; Body composition; Cerebral disorder; Senile dementia

In clinical practice, geriatric nutritional assessment usually includes nutritional screening, a simple anthropometric assessment, measurement of various biochemical parameters, such as serum albumin, and sometimes (not always) body composition analysis (BCA). However, there is a high prevalence of...