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Current and past factors affecting the quality of aging in a sample of Spanish elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2022

María del Pilar Montero López Open the ORCID record for María del Pilar Montero López [Opens in a new window] ,
Ana Isabel Mora Urda ,
Francisco Javier Martín Almena ,
Raquel Baena Alonso  and
Maria del Carmen Bisi Molina
María del Pilar Montero López*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Ana Isabel Mora Urda
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Francisco Javier Martín Almena
Affiliation:
Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Catolica de Avila, Avila, Spain
Raquel Baena Alonso
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Maria del Carmen Bisi Molina
Affiliation:
Posgraduate Program of Health and Nutrition, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil
*
*Corresponding author: Email: pilar.montero@uam.es
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Abstract

Aging is a multifactorial process influenced by both biological and sociocultural factors. The objective of this study was to identify current and past factors with an impact on the quality of aging in a sample of people 65 years of age or older born in the postwar period after the Spanish civil war. Socioeconomic, health, anthropometric, and food consumption data were collected in public Leisure Centers for the elderly in Madrid. The sample consists of 587 people (64.6% women), with a mean age of 71.8 ±5.3 years. Following the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines regarding what is considered Healthy Aging, an index called the Index of Quality of Aging was calculated from four variables: the Mini Mental State Examination score, perception of health, satisfaction with life and the number of diseases that affect daily life. Another index called the Diet Inflammation Index was created based on the inflammatory or anti-inflammatory potential of different foods. The Index of Quality of Ageing was used as a dependent variable in linear regression models for men and women. Differences by gender were observed in the factors that influence the quality of aging. Education had a positive influence on men quality of ageing while it does not on women. In these, a relationship between the quality of the current diet and the quality of aging was observed.

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Healthy aginganti-inflammatory dietgender

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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 55 , Issue 4 , July 2023 , pp. 593 - 607
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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