Geographic clustering of elderly people with above-norm anthropometric measurements and blood chemistry

Submitted: 13 October 2016
Accepted: 6 February 2017
Published: 11 May 2017
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The global percentage of people over 60 is strongly increasing and estimated to exceed 20% by 20,150, which means that there will be an increase in many pathological conditions related to aging. Mapping of the location of aging people and identification of their needs can be extremely valuable from a social-economic point of view. Participants in this study were 148 randomly selected adults from Talca City, Chile aged 60-74 at baseline. Geographic information systems (GIS) analyses were performed using ArcGIS software through its module Spatial Autocorrelation. In this study, we demonstrated that elderly people show geographic clustering according to above-norm results of anthropometric measurements and blood chemistry. The spatial identifications found would facilitate exploring the impact of treatment programmes in communities where many aging people live, thereby improving their quality of life as well as reducing overall costs.

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Mena, C., Fuentes, E., Ormazábal, Y., & Palomo, I. (2017). Geographic clustering of elderly people with above-norm anthropometric measurements and blood chemistry. Geospatial Health, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2017.523

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