To live the possible largest time with their intact functions or without disability, or late disability but with satisfaction, is today one of the largest desires of the human beings. So, is necessary and indispensable all investigation what permit to achieve such objectives. If to aged is ineluctable, then the only required is what the phenomenon should be successful or valuable, and that its epidemiology be used for prevention, advise and therapy politics. One thing is effect or we would say “actual manifestation” of successful aged, other the cause or process for to reach it. Was investigated both the cause and effect in samples of elderly men from Perú (≥ 65 years old): Puno (N=100), Arequipa (N=100) and Mollendo (N=100). The elderly men were sorted in three groups of 65-70, 71-80 and >80. Like actual indicator of successful aged, we take waist circumference (WC) and TG: Abdominal fat and circulating triacylglycerols increase with age, which indicates lipid overaccumulation. Enlarged waist with elevated triacylglycerols could identify adults at metabolic risk (Kahn and Valdez, 2003). Like cause we register economic income, physic activity, diet, alcohol and cigarette consume. The >80 years old elderly men from Puno, Arequipa and Mollendo compared with the others year groups with statistically significance (p<0.05) have a normal WC and TG associated with a middle to high income, diet low in calories, constant physical exercise, low alcohol intake and low or nothing of cigarette. The elderly men of the others year groups must, for to arrive until the >80 years old group, to improve their lifestyle.
Physiology 2014 (London, UK) (2014) Proc Physiol Soc 31, PCA137
Poster Communications: Successful aged in Per·
A. V. Pérez1
1. Arequipa, UNSA, Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru.
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