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T1 Fat–Fit Patterns, Drug Consumption, and Polypharmacy in Older Adults: The EXERNET Multi-Center Study
A1 Navarrete Villanueva, David
A1 Gesteiro, Eva
A1 Gómez Cabello, Alba
A1 Mañas, Asier
A1 Olivares, Rufino Pedro
A1 Villa Vicente, José Gerardo
A1 Gusi, Narcís
A1 González Gross, Marcela
A1 Vicente Rodríguez, Germán
A1 Ara, Ignacio
A1 Casajús, José Antonio
A2 Educacion Fisica y Deportiva
K1 Deporte
K1 Educación Física
K1 Physical fitness
K1 Fatness
K1 Older populations
K1 Polypharmacy
K1 Drug consumption
AB [EN] Background: Physical fitness levels and the amount of accumulated adipose tissue (fatness) relate to current and future individuals’ heath status. Nevertheless, the interrelationships of their combined patterns with polypharmacy and the types of medications consumed have not been sufficiently investigated. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in six Spanish regions between 2008 and 2009 with a sample of older community-dwelling adults (≥ 65 years old) without dementia or cancer. Fitness was measured with one-leg balance and senior fitness tests, as well as by measuring weight and fat mass with a bioelectrical impedance analyzer. Polypharmacy was defined as the use of five or more medications. An analysis of variance was performed for comparisons between the physical fitness and fatness patterns and the medication consumed. Results: A total of 1709 elders were included in the study (72.1 ± 5.2 years). The two unfit patterns were those with the highest drug consumption. The High-Fat–Unfit pattern was the one that had the most significant consumption and had the highest percentage of polymedicated subjects. The Low-Fat–Fit pattern had a significantly lower percentage of people that did not consume any medications. The highest percentages of drug consumption in 7 of the 10 groups that were included were concentrated in the two unfit patterns. Conclusions: This study highlights the importance of fitness in older adults, as it is at least as important as the avoidance of accumulation of excess fat with respect to the consumption of a smaller number of medicines.
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LK https://hdl.handle.net/10612/19397
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10612/19397
NO Navarrete-Villanueva, D., Gesteiro, E., Gómez-Cabello, A., Mañas, A., Olivares, R. P., Villa-Vicente, J.-G., Gusi, N., González-Gross, M., Ara, I., Vicente-Rodríguez, G., & Casajús, J. A. (2021). Fat–fit patterns, drug consumption, and polypharmacy in older adults: The EXERNET multi-center study. Nutrients, 13(8). https://doi.org/10.3390/NU13082872
DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
RD 19-may-2024