Margarita Carmenate

Functional decline over 2 years in older Spanish adults: Evidence from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe

To evaluate the social, educational, health and behavioral predictors of physical functional decline in older Spanish adults.

High Blood Pressure and Diet Quality in the Spanish Childhood Population

The objective is to analyze the association between the degree of compliance with Mediterranean Diet and blood pressure in 1078 Spanish schoolchildren (514 boys, 564 girls) aged 9 to 16 years. We measured weight (kg), height (cm), waist circumference (cm), skinfold thicknesses (bicipital, tricipital, subscapular and suprailiac) and blood pressure. The Waist-to-Height Ratio (WtHR), Body Mass Index (BMI), and the percent body fat (%BF) were calculated. Subjects were classified as “underweight”, “normal weight”, “overweight” or “obese” according to the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF). Diet quality was assessed by the KIDMED Index and the hypertensive status according to National High BP Education Program Working Group. Results show that media values of systolic and diastolic blood pressure significantly increase at the same time that diminished the quality of the diet. Schoolchildren with high blood pressure (4.66% boys; 4.78% girls) are not distributed uniformly in the different KIDMED categories. In the “poor” diet category (KIDMED-score 7). A multiple linear regression analysis found that KIDMED index had a negative correlation with systolic and diastolic pressure. Also BMI and WtHR were positively correlated with both blood pressure levels, and % BF was associated only with diastolic BP. In conclusion, although the KIDMED index is a fast and simple tool to assess diet quality, it clearly reveals an inverse association between adherence to Mediterranean diet and blood pressure in healthy Spanish schoolchildren.

Girl Body Composition according to pubertal status Methodology variation

The objective of the present paper is to analyze the differences in body composition among pre and post-menarche girls of the same chronological age using anthropometry and tetrapolar bioelectrical impedance.

Functional decline over 2 years in older Spanish adults: Evidence from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe: Functional decline in older Spanish adults

To evaluate the social, educational, health and behavioral predictors of physical functional decline in older Spanish adults.

Functional decline over two years in older Spanish adults: Evidence from SHARE

To evaluate the social, educational, health and behavioral predictors of physical functional decline in older Spanish adults.

Functional decline over 2 years in older Spanish adults

To evaluate the social, educational, health and behavioral predictors of physical functional decline in older Spanish adults.