Antioxidant biomarkers and food intake in elderly women.

Boaventura, Brunna Cristina Bremer; Pietro, Patrícia Faria Di; Assis, Maria Alice Altenburg de; Ambrosi, Cláudia; Nesello, Luciane Angela Nottar; Silva, Fabiana Ourique da; Vasconcelos, Francisco de Assis Guedes de; Moreira, José Claudio Fonseca; Fausto, Maria Arlene

Antioxidant biomarkers and food intake in elderly women.

Date

2012

Authors

Boaventura, Brunna Cristina Bremer

Pietro, Patrícia Faria Di

Assis, Maria Alice Altenburg de

Ambrosi, Cláudia

Nesello, Luciane Angela Nottar

Silva, Fabiana Ourique da

Vasconcelos, Francisco de Assis Guedes de

Moreira, José Claudio Fonseca

Fausto, Maria Arlene

Abstract

To investigate the relationship between antioxidant biomarkers and food intake in elderly women. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Recreation Center for the Elderly in the city of Itajaí, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Participants: 73 elderly women with an average age of 71 years, 93% caucasian, average body weight 68.7 ± 13.1 kg and average BMI 28.5 ± 2.3 kg/m2.

Keywords

Elderly women, Food intake, Antioxidants, Thiols

Citation

BOAVENTURA, B. C. B. et al. Antioxidant biomarkers and food intake in elderly women. The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, v. 16, p. 21-25, 2012. Disponível em: <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12603-011-0069-6>. Acesso em: 21 mar. 2017.