Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (WCO-IOF-ESCEO 2017), Florence, İtalya, 23 - 26 Mart 2017, ss.531
Objectives: Aging is associated with increase in body fat and decline in muscle-mass and strength. Sarcopenia may lead to decreased physical activity and further increase obesity. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of obesity and Sarcopenic obesity(SO) in community dwelling older adults.
Methods: We enrolled subjects between the ages of 60–99 years old. We measured muscle-mass using bioimpedence analysis. Definition of low-muscle-mass was by Baumgartner (skeletal-mass kg/height squared). Sarcopenia was defined according to EWGSOP recommendations as sarcopenic muscle mass and function (usual gait speed or muscle strength). Obesity was defined by two different methods, a fat percentile above 60th percentile (Zoico method) or a BMI of ≥30 kg/m2 (WHO definition).
Results: We enrolled 992 subjects (308 men and 684 women). The rates of obesity according toWHO-definition were 29.2% and 53.7% for men and women. The prevalence of sarcopenia was 3.1% in men and 0.4% in women. The rate of SO was 0.3% and 0.1% in men and women when obesity was assessed with Zoico-method and 0 in both sexes when obesity was assessed using WHO definition.
Conclusion: Prevalence of obesity in both sexes was higher in our population compared with other populations according to both Zoico and WHO definitions. The rate of sarcopenic muscle-mass was similar for men and lower for women compared with other populations. The findings of this study indicate that the prevalence of SO in the community-dwelling older adults in our country is low and comparable to other populations.