Walter Sepúlveda-Loyola, Yshoner Antonio Silva-Díaz, Mário Molari, Erikson Alexander Jiménez Torres, Cintya Odar-Rojas, Denilson Teixeira, Vanessa Probst
{"title":"Association between the fat mass/fat-free mass ratio and muscle strength, static balance and exercise capacity in older adults: a cross-sectional study.","authors":"Walter Sepúlveda-Loyola, Yshoner Antonio Silva-Díaz, Mário Molari, Erikson Alexander Jiménez Torres, Cintya Odar-Rojas, Denilson Teixeira, Vanessa Probst","doi":"10.20960/nh.05616","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20960/nh.05616","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>the FM/FFM ratio has been proposed as a new body composition variable. However, the association between FM/FFM ratio and physical function in older adults remains limited. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze the association between FM/FFM ratio and muscle strength, static balance, and exercise capacity in older adults.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>this was a cross-sectional study involving 392 older adults from Londrina, Brazil. Subjects underwent body composition analysis by bioelectrical impedance, and assessments for aerobic capacity, muscle strength and static balance including the 6-minutes walking test, handgrip strength and one-legged stance test. Statistical analysis was conducted using correlation tests and lineal regression models adjusted for age and gender. The statistical significance considered was p < 0.05.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>a total of 392 older adults participated (mean age = 69.77 years; women: 74.7 %). The FM/FFM ratio was significantly associated with muscle strength (β = -22.779, 95 % CI: -26.741 to -18.818; p < 0.001), static balance (β = -14.335, 95 % CI: -19.980 to -8.690; p < 0.001), and exercise capacity (β =-98.937, 95 % CI: -152.286 to -45.588, p < 0.001). After adjusting for age and gender, FM/FFM ratio was an important predictor of muscle strength (β = -4.687, 95 % CI: -8.646 to -0.728; p = 0.020) and static balance (β = -18.361, 95 % CI: -24.943 to -11.778; p < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>the FM/FFM ratio is an important clinical measure of body composition that is significantly associated with key indicators of physical performance, including muscle strength, static balance, and exercise capacity in older adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":19385,"journal":{"name":"Nutricion hospitalaria","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143974953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Nutrition practice in type 2 diabetes: construction, validity and reliability of a scale].","authors":"Marcela Bañuelos-Fonseca, Lilia Susana Gallardo-Vidal, Iris Pineda-Mújica, Adriana Jheny Rodríguez-Méndez, Prishila Danae Reyes-Chávez, Benito Quintero-Valdez","doi":"10.20960/nh.05147","DOIUrl":"10.20960/nh.05147","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>.Background: diabetes is a complex disease that requires multiple strategies for glycemic control. The most challenging part is acquiring healthy eating practices. What is needed is to keep patients well informed and involved with their disease; for this, standardized, reliable instruments are required that allow evaluating the dietary practices in this population. Objective: to build and to validate a highly reliable evaluation scale of feeding habits in patients with diabetes type 2. Methodology: a cross-sectional design for the construction and validation of an evaluation scale for feeding habits in diabetes 2 patients. There were listed 63 questions subjected to review and statistics analysis that reduced it into a 30 ítems scale that was applied to 495 diabetes 2 patients in a first level attention clinic. There were used exploratory factorial analysis, sphericity Bartlett test, KMO, total variance explained, Spearman's r-test and Cronbach's alpha. Results: a final version was obtained containing 30 ítems distributed in 8 dimensions with 3 response options on the Likert scale, with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.811. The exploratory factor analysis showed factor loads > 0.30. The total explained variance threw eight principal components; the KMO test = 0.833, Bartlett's test of sphericity, p = 0.000. Conclusion: the scale to evaluate eating practices in patients with type 2 diabetes has the validity and high reliability to be able to apply it to this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":19385,"journal":{"name":"Nutricion hospitalaria","volume":" ","pages":"57-66"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142818757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rosario Edith Ortiz Félix, Patricia Enedina Miranda Félix, Felix Gerardo Buichia Sombra, Liliana Estefanía Ramírez-Jaime, Milton Carlos Guevara Valtier, Velia Margarita Cárdenas-Villarreal
{"title":"[Maternal perception of hunger-satiety signals and their impact on feeding and nutritional status of infants in Mexico].","authors":"Rosario Edith Ortiz Félix, Patricia Enedina Miranda Félix, Felix Gerardo Buichia Sombra, Liliana Estefanía Ramírez-Jaime, Milton Carlos Guevara Valtier, Velia Margarita Cárdenas-Villarreal","doi":"10.20960/nh.05438","DOIUrl":"10.20960/nh.05438","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Introduction: nutrition during the first two years of life is crucial for the physical, cognitive, and emotional development of children. This study aimed to: 1) associate maternal perception of hunger and satiety signals with the type of feeding; 2) associate maternal perception of hunger and satiety signals with the infant's weight status; and 3) determine the influence of feeding type on the infant's BMI-for-age. Methods: a descriptive correlational cross-sectional study was conducted with 424 mother-infant dyads in Sinaloa, Mexico, using systematic random sampling. Mothers completed questionnaires on feeding practices and perception of hunger and satiety signals. Anthropometric data of the infant were measured, and the influence of feeding type on the infant's BMI-for-age z-score was analyzed using multiple linear regression. Results: 45.8 % of mothers reported a low perception of hunger and satiety signals. 30.2 % of infants were overweight. Mothers with a high perception of signals reported a lower proportion of overweight infants. Mixed feeding and early introduction of complementary foods significantly influence the increase in infant zIMC/age score. Conclusions: maternal perception of hunger and satiety signals influences the infant's weight status. Mixed feeding and early introduction of complementary foods increase the risk of overweight in infants. It is crucial to promote adequate perception of these signals to prevent nutritional problems in early childhood.</p>","PeriodicalId":19385,"journal":{"name":"Nutricion hospitalaria","volume":" ","pages":"211-218"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142687765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Héctor Fuentes-Barría, Raúl Aguilera-Eguía, Lissé Chiquinquirá Angarita-Dávila, Miguel Alarcón-Rivera, Cristian Salazar-Orellana, Juan Maureira-Sánchez, Eduardo Guzmán-Muñoz
{"title":"[Heart rate in community programs: is it sufficient as a physical fitness indicator?]","authors":"Héctor Fuentes-Barría, Raúl Aguilera-Eguía, Lissé Chiquinquirá Angarita-Dávila, Miguel Alarcón-Rivera, Cristian Salazar-Orellana, Juan Maureira-Sánchez, Eduardo Guzmán-Muñoz","doi":"10.20960/nh.05648","DOIUrl":"10.20960/nh.05648","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong></p>","PeriodicalId":19385,"journal":{"name":"Nutricion hospitalaria","volume":" ","pages":"396-397"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143079904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Association between body mass index, muscle-to-fat ratio, and handgrip strength-to-BMI ratio with physical fitness in children from North Macedonia.","authors":"Arijana Llagjeviq-Govori, Seryozha Gontarev, Agon Saiti, Slavica Novacevska, Jana Karsakovska Dimitrievska, Vlatko Nedelkovski","doi":"10.20960/nh.05417","DOIUrl":"10.20960/nh.05417","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Background: this cross-sectional study, conducted on a convenience sample of 2197 Macedonian primary school children, aimed to examine how certain anthropometric indices (body mass index (BMI), muscle-fat ratio (MFR), hand grip strength-BMI ratio) are related to the physical fitness of individuals. Methods: the sample was split into two groups based on gender: 1096 boys and 1101 girls (average age 8.1 ± 1.3 years). Data on anthropometric measurements (BMI, MFR) were taken and the physical fitness was measured with the following tests: sit and reach, handgrip strength, standing long jump, sit-ups 30 sec., shuttle run 4 x 10 m, and 20 meters shuttle-run test (20-mSRT). Results: the findings from the study indicate that children with normal weight exhibit superior levels of cardiorespiratory, muscular, and motor fitness in comparison to those who are categorized as obese, irrespective of gender. Both muscle‑to‑fat ratio (MFR), and grip strength-to-BMI ratio showed correlation with most fitness tests. Grip strength-to-BMI ratio showed a positive correlation with the results of the handgrip test in boys and girls. Conclusion: in this population, BMI, MFR, and handgrip strength-to-BMI ratio can serve as indicators of health and physical fitness.</p>","PeriodicalId":19385,"journal":{"name":"Nutricion hospitalaria","volume":" ","pages":"26-32"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142605383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shupeng Chen, Meiling Zhang, Yao Gao, Yingjian Zeng
{"title":"Causal effects of vitamin D on leukemia risk: insights from two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis.","authors":"Shupeng Chen, Meiling Zhang, Yao Gao, Yingjian Zeng","doi":"10.20960/nh.05541","DOIUrl":"10.20960/nh.05541","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Background: vitamin D plays a crucial role in immune regulation, anti-inflammatory processes, and tumor suppression, but its relationship with leukemia risk remains unclear. This study aims to evaluate the causal relationship between vitamin D levels and the risk of different types of leukemia through a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis. Methods: data from large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS) were used, and genetic variants associated with vitamin D were selected as instrumental variables. The relationship between vitamin D levels and the risk of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), and chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) was examined. The inverse variance weighted (IVW) method was applied as the primary analytical approach. Heterogeneity was assessed through Cochran's Q test, pleiotropy was evaluated using the MR-Egger intercept, and sensitivity analyses were performed to ensure the robustness of the results. Results: MR analysis showed a significant inverse association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and the risk of CML (OR = 0.44, 95 % CI: 0.25-0.78, p = 0.005), suggesting a potential protective effect of vitamin D against CML. No significant causal relationships were found between vitamin D levels and the risks of AML, ALL, or CLL. Sensitivity analyses supported the robustness of these findings, with no evidence of heterogeneity or pleiotropy. Conclusion: the findings indicate that higher vitamin D levels may reduce the risk of CML, while the effects on other types of leukemia require further investigation. The potential role of vitamin D in leukemia prevention warrants more mechanistic studies and clinical validation.</p>","PeriodicalId":19385,"journal":{"name":"Nutricion hospitalaria","volume":" ","pages":"311-318"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142818771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
José de Jesús Vargas Lares, Lisset Del Carmen López Segovia, Jonathan Antonio Casillas Moreno, Juan Carlos Barrera de León
{"title":"[Nutritional risk assessment by STAMP according to type of congenital heart disease in pediatric patients admitted to a reference hospital].","authors":"José de Jesús Vargas Lares, Lisset Del Carmen López Segovia, Jonathan Antonio Casillas Moreno, Juan Carlos Barrera de León","doi":"10.20960/nh.05421","DOIUrl":"10.20960/nh.05421","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Introduction: patients with congenital heart disease are considered to be at high nutritional risk due to alterations in the metabolism of the underlying pathology and extracardiac factors. The STAMP (Screening Tool for the Assessment of Malnutrition in Paediatrics) is the only tool validated in our country in a pediatric population for nutritional screening. Objective: to evaluate nutritional risk by STAMP screening in pediatric patients according to type of congenital heart disease. Material and methods: an analytical cross-sectional study in 2023 in a pediatric reference hospital. Nutritional status was determined by Z scores based on WHO 2006/CDC 2000 child growth standards. The STAMP questionnaire was administered to establish nutritional risk. Inferential statistics with the Chi-squared and Mann-Whitney U-test were used. Spearman's correlation coefficient was used. Analyses were carried out using the SPSS V25 statistical package. Results: 113 patients were included, male (n = 57, 50.4 %) and female (n = 56, 49.6 %). The most common age group was that of infants (n = 47, 45 %). Acute or chronic nutritional status impairment affected n = 50 (44.3 %) subjects. Cyanogenous congenital heart diseases had a greater impact on weight, height, average arm circumference and height/age, WBC/age indices. Two nutritional risk groups were established by STAMP: intermediate risk, n = 74 (65.5 %), and high risk, n = 39 (34.5 %). The greatest impact on anthropometric parameters was associated with elevated risk by STAMP, p = 0.000. The type of congenital heart disease was not associated with a greater increase in nutritional risk by STAMP (p = 0.76). There was no correlation of STAMP score with biochemical parameters. Conclusion: patients with congenital heart disease will have an intermediate risk per STAMP. The type of congenital heart disease is not related to a greater increase in nutritional risk due to STAMP.</p>","PeriodicalId":19385,"journal":{"name":"Nutricion hospitalaria","volume":" ","pages":"33-39"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142687771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paula García Milla, Gema Nieto Martínez, Mario Maulen, Carlos Tapia, Waldo Díaz
{"title":"The effect of supplementation with prebiotic fiber on the gut microbiota of a group of older people with Parkinson's disease from the city of Santiago de Chile. A pilot study.","authors":"Paula García Milla, Gema Nieto Martínez, Mario Maulen, Carlos Tapia, Waldo Díaz","doi":"10.20960/nh.05272","DOIUrl":"10.20960/nh.05272","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Introduction: Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder worldwide. It has been demonstrated that there is a correlation between the increase in bacterial abundance and the severity of certain symptoms associated with PD. Aim: the aim of this pilot study was to analyze the effect of supplementation with prebiotic fiber on the gut microbiota (GM) and nutritional status of elderly volunteers with Parkinson's disease. Methodology: this is a pilot study of pre and post intervention with prebiotic fiber. All subjects involved were volunteers with PD, who were given nutritional counseling and gut microbiota measured on time cero and after 30 days of prebiotic fiber intervention. Results: a statistically significant difference was found in calf circumference (p 0.0422) after the intervention with prebiotic fiber. GM analyses show an initial difference in gut bacterial abundance of older people with PD and people without PD. Furthermore, our results showed a difference in bacterial families and genera after the supplementation with prebiotic fiber. in addition, we found a statistically significant difference in the val-ue of circumference calf and a trend in the improvement of body weight, Body mass index (BMI), neck circumference, arm circumference, brachial area, and Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for older adults. Conclusion: supplementation with 20 g of prebiotic fiber for 30 days could modify the intestinal microbiota, reducing bacterial genera and phylum that are abundant in Park-inson's disease, such as Verrucomicrobia. Therefore, the use of prebiotic fiber could represent an alternative to improve intestinal health and nutritional status of people with Parkinson's disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":19385,"journal":{"name":"Nutricion hospitalaria","volume":" ","pages":"232-242"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143503058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrea Nunes Mendes de Brito, Iara Katrynne Fonsêca Oliveira, Nayra do Socorro Caldas Carvalho de Almeida Teixeira, Dorcas Lamounier Costa, Poliana Cristina Almeida Fonseca, Patrícia Helen Rondó, Liania Alves Luzia, Isabel Oliveira Aires, Adriana de Azevedo Paiva
{"title":"25(OH)D concentrations are not associated with adiposity indicators, but with the stage of immunodeficiency in people with HIV/AIDS.","authors":"Andrea Nunes Mendes de Brito, Iara Katrynne Fonsêca Oliveira, Nayra do Socorro Caldas Carvalho de Almeida Teixeira, Dorcas Lamounier Costa, Poliana Cristina Almeida Fonseca, Patrícia Helen Rondó, Liania Alves Luzia, Isabel Oliveira Aires, Adriana de Azevedo Paiva","doi":"10.20960/nh.05228","DOIUrl":"10.20960/nh.05228","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Objective: this study assessed the association between serum 25(OH)D concentrations and anthropometric indicators of adiposity in people living with HIV/AIDS taking highly active antiretroviral therapy. Methods: the study included 244 people living with HIV/AIDS who received outpatient care at the Institute of Tropical Diseases in the city of Teresina, Brazil. Sociodemographic, clinical, anthropometric and laboratory characteristics were examined. Serum 25(OH)D was analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography in accordance with the Vitamin D Standardization Program. Multiple linear regression analysis adjusted for gender, age, disease stage and duration of highly active antiretroviral therapy was performed to assess the association between 25(OH)D concentrations and adiposity indicators. Results: the study included 142 (58.2 %) men and 102 (41.8 %) women, with a mean (± SD) age of 39.13 (± 10.83) years. A proportion of 57.8 per cent of the participants had insufficient concentrations of 25(OH)D below 30 ng/mL. Individuals in more advanced stages of immunodeficiency had lower concentrations of 25(OH)D (30.30 ± 16.10 ng/mL) compared to those with mild immunodeficiency or no immunodeficiency. There was no significant association between 25(OH)D concentrations and any of the adiposity indicators considered in this study. Conclusion: vitamin D concentrations in people living with HIV/AIDS using antiretroviral therapy are related to the degree of immunosuppression, but not to the individual's adiposity status.</p>","PeriodicalId":19385,"journal":{"name":"Nutricion hospitalaria","volume":" ","pages":"89-96"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142847221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[How to choose a research design?]","authors":"Joaquín González Aroca","doi":"10.20960/nh.05626","DOIUrl":"10.20960/nh.05626","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong></p>","PeriodicalId":19385,"journal":{"name":"Nutricion hospitalaria","volume":" ","pages":"394-395"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143080306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}