ArticleJournal of Korean medical science2016
Body Composition, Sarcopenia, and Suicidal Ideation in Elderly Koreans: Hallym Aging Study.
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- Prevalence of Sarcopenia Among the Elderly in Korea: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2021Pooled it
- Associations of sarcopenia with depression and suicidal ideation: the sex-specific mediating role of loneliness.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Inverse association between obesity and suicidal death risk.BMC psychiatry · 2025Observational
- Recent Update on the Prevalence of Sarcopenia in Koreans: Findings from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Journal of bone metabolism · 2024Article
- Leveraging network analysis to determine sex differences in factors associated with frailty among older adults living alone.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Association between suicide risk severity and sarcopenia in non-elderly Chinese inpatients with major depressive disorder.BMC psychiatry · 2020Article
- Handgrip strength, dynapenia, and mental health in older Koreans.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Association between body weight status and suicidal ideation among Chinese adolescents: the moderating role of the child's sex.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2019Article
- Association between Sarcopenia and Depression in Patients with Chronic Liver Diseases.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Article
- Relative handgrip strength in relation to depressive mood and suicidal ideation in Koreans using the 2015 KNHANES data.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2018Article
- Association between depressive symptoms and sarcopenia in older Chinese community-dwelling individuals.Clinical interventions in aging · 2018Article
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Abstract
This study was conducted to assess the relationship between body composition and suicidal ideation among the Korean elderly population (n = 302; ≥ 65 years) who participated in the Hallym Aging Study in 2010. Body composition was measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and obesity was measured by the indices of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), and body fat percentage. Sarcopenia was defined as presence of both low muscle mass and low muscle function. Suicidal ideation was assessed using the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation. We found no differences in body composition measures between subjects with suicidal ideation and those without. In the logistic regression analyses, there were no significant relationships for suicidal ideation according to body composition measures, including BMI, WC, WHR, WHtR, and body fat percentage in both sexes. After adjusting for age, smoking status, alcohol drinking, regular exercise, medical comorbidities, monthly income, education level, and presence of depressive symptoms, the odds ratio (OR) of suicidal ideation was higher in elderly men with sarcopenia compared to those without, whereas no significant relationships were observed in elderly women (OR 8.28, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.20-61.34 in men; OR 0.79, 95% CI 0.07-8.43 in women). Sarcopenia is closely associated with an increased risk of suicidal ideation in elderly men.
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