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Association between sarcopenia with lifestyle and family function among community-dwelling Chinese aged 60 years and older

BACKGROUND: Sarcopenia is defined as the age-related decline in skeletal muscle mass and function. The risk factors and causes of sarcopenia must be identified to develop prevention and treatment strategies for this syndrome. Our aim was to examine the association between sarcopenia with lifestyle a...

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Autores principales: Hai, Shan, Wang, Hui, Cao, Li, Liu, Ping, Zhou, Jianghua, Yang, Ying, Dong, Birong
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5563006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28821239
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0587-0
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author Hai, Shan
Wang, Hui
Cao, Li
Liu, Ping
Zhou, Jianghua
Yang, Ying
Dong, Birong
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Wang, Hui
Cao, Li
Liu, Ping
Zhou, Jianghua
Yang, Ying
Dong, Birong
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description BACKGROUND: Sarcopenia is defined as the age-related decline in skeletal muscle mass and function. The risk factors and causes of sarcopenia must be identified to develop prevention and treatment strategies for this syndrome. Our aim was to examine the association between sarcopenia with lifestyle and family function among community-dwelling Chinese people aged 60 years and older. METHODS: We conducted this study to evaluate sarcopenia among 834 community-dwelling Chinese individuals aged ≥60 years using the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS) criteria. The sociodemographic characteristics, food consumption patterns, habits of smoking, and alcohol consumption of the participants were collected using a general questionnaire, whereas physical activity was assessed using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ; long-form version). Family function was assessed using the Family APGAR scale. In addition, the association of sarcopenia with lifestyle and family function was examined using univariate and multivariate analyses. RESULTS: The total prevalence rate of sarcopenia was 10.6%. Female participants with sarcopenia had a lower frequency per week of nut consumption than those without sarcopenia (p < 0.05), whereas, for male participants, the differences in food consumption patterns of those with sarcopenia versus those without sarcopenia were not significant. Among the participants, the mean Family APGAR score was 8 (standard deviation [SD] = 0.92). For both sexes, participants with sarcopenia had lower family function scores than those without sarcopenia. In the multivariate model, after adjustment for all covariates, frequency per week of nut consumption (adjusted OR 0.724, 95% CI 0.532–0.985, P < 0.05) and Family APGAR score (adjusted OR 0.683, 95% CI 0.496–0.940, P = 0.019) were statistically significantly associated with sarcopenia. The relationship between other lifestyle habits and sarcopenia was not significant. CONCLUSION: There was significant association between sarcopenia with intake of nuts and family function. Further studies should evaluate if adequate intake of nuts and a well-functioning family may be effective in lowering the risk of sarcopenia.
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spelling pubmed-55630062017-08-21 Association between sarcopenia with lifestyle and family function among community-dwelling Chinese aged 60 years and older Hai, Shan Wang, Hui Cao, Li Liu, Ping Zhou, Jianghua Yang, Ying Dong, Birong BMC Geriatr Research Article BACKGROUND: Sarcopenia is defined as the age-related decline in skeletal muscle mass and function. The risk factors and causes of sarcopenia must be identified to develop prevention and treatment strategies for this syndrome. Our aim was to examine the association between sarcopenia with lifestyle and family function among community-dwelling Chinese people aged 60 years and older. METHODS: We conducted this study to evaluate sarcopenia among 834 community-dwelling Chinese individuals aged ≥60 years using the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS) criteria. The sociodemographic characteristics, food consumption patterns, habits of smoking, and alcohol consumption of the participants were collected using a general questionnaire, whereas physical activity was assessed using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ; long-form version). Family function was assessed using the Family APGAR scale. In addition, the association of sarcopenia with lifestyle and family function was examined using univariate and multivariate analyses. RESULTS: The total prevalence rate of sarcopenia was 10.6%. Female participants with sarcopenia had a lower frequency per week of nut consumption than those without sarcopenia (p < 0.05), whereas, for male participants, the differences in food consumption patterns of those with sarcopenia versus those without sarcopenia were not significant. Among the participants, the mean Family APGAR score was 8 (standard deviation [SD] = 0.92). For both sexes, participants with sarcopenia had lower family function scores than those without sarcopenia. In the multivariate model, after adjustment for all covariates, frequency per week of nut consumption (adjusted OR 0.724, 95% CI 0.532–0.985, P < 0.05) and Family APGAR score (adjusted OR 0.683, 95% CI 0.496–0.940, P = 0.019) were statistically significantly associated with sarcopenia. The relationship between other lifestyle habits and sarcopenia was not significant. CONCLUSION: There was significant association between sarcopenia with intake of nuts and family function. Further studies should evaluate if adequate intake of nuts and a well-functioning family may be effective in lowering the risk of sarcopenia. BioMed Central 2017-08-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5563006/ /pubmed/28821239 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0587-0 Text en © The Author(s). 2017 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Hai, Shan
Wang, Hui
Cao, Li
Liu, Ping
Zhou, Jianghua
Yang, Ying
Dong, Birong
Association between sarcopenia with lifestyle and family function among community-dwelling Chinese aged 60 years and older
title Association between sarcopenia with lifestyle and family function among community-dwelling Chinese aged 60 years and older
title_full Association between sarcopenia with lifestyle and family function among community-dwelling Chinese aged 60 years and older
title_fullStr Association between sarcopenia with lifestyle and family function among community-dwelling Chinese aged 60 years and older
title_full_unstemmed Association between sarcopenia with lifestyle and family function among community-dwelling Chinese aged 60 years and older
title_short Association between sarcopenia with lifestyle and family function among community-dwelling Chinese aged 60 years and older
title_sort association between sarcopenia with lifestyle and family function among community-dwelling chinese aged 60 years and older
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5563006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28821239
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0587-0
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