Prevalencia de sarco obesidad en adultos mayores del sector de Nigeria en la ciudad de Guayaquil en el periodo 2019 -2020.

Abstract

Sarcopenia is defined as the loss of mass and muscle strength due to aging. This is a problem in our society given that this population is not being taken into consideration. Our goal is to identify the prevalence of sarco obesity in elders in the Nigeria sector in southern Guayaquil. Our approach was descriptive, qualitative, and transversal. A sample of 100 elders were obtained, classified as follows: 25 Men (25.0%) and 75 Women (75.0%), Elderly adults with an average age of (77.04%) were assessed. In this work several methods were used to analyze the value of body mass index (BMI) through the Mini nutritional assessment (MNA), electrical bioimpedance, dry equipment 525, the use of dynamometer to measure muscle strength of the jamar 5030J1 equipment and the evaluation of functional capacity through The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) test following the criteria set by the EWGSOP: 70% have a diagnosis of sarcopenia, 30% of the population without sarcopenia. 5% of the population was underweight, 37% were normal weight, 27% were overweight and 31% were obese. The results shown that out of the 100 elders studied, 17.65 (n = 18) had sarco obesity; supporting our conclusion that in fact there is a remarkable percentage of obesity sarco in the elderly population.