Association of body composition with sarcopenic obesity in elderly women

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The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of sarcopenic obesity and its association with obesity and sarcopenia in elderly Brazilian women. Two hundred and seventy-two sedentary women with a mean age of 66.75 ± 5.38 years were recruited for participation in this study. Obesity was determined by both body mass index and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) evaluations. Sarcopenic obesity diagnosis was established from the ratio between fat-free mass and body surface area as obtained by DXA. There was no association of obesity with sarcopenic obesity (P = 0.424). In contrast, sarcopenia was significantly related to sarcopenic obesity (P < 0.001), although most of the elderly women with sarcopenia (n = 171) did not exhibit sarcopenic obesity. These results highlight the importance of diagnosing sarcopenic obesity as elderly women exhibiting sarcopenia could be either eutrophic or obese. © 2013 Silva et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd.

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Silva, A. O., Karnikowski, M. G. O., Funghetto, S. S., Stival, M. M., Lima, R. M., de Souza, J. C., … Prestes, J. (2013). Association of body composition with sarcopenic obesity in elderly women. International Journal of General Medicine, 6, 25–29. https://doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S36279

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