ArticleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2018
Association Between Sarcopenic Obesity and Falls in a Multiethnic Cohort of Postmenopausal Women.
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- Effects of aquatic exercises on physical fitness and quality of life in postmenopausal women: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of Whey Protein Supplementation in Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Identification of risk factors for falls in postmenopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2020Pooled it
- Beneficial Effects of Leucine Supplementation on Criteria for Sarcopenia: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2019Pooled it
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- Sarcopenic obesity and history of falls in older Italian adults: associations according to different diagnostic combinations.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
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- Obesity and Skeletal Fragility.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2024Review
- Correlation of Sarcopenic Obesity on Various Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Fracture Risk in Mid-Aged Korean Women.Journal of menopausal medicine · 2023Article
- Association between the Intake of Different Protein Sources and Obesity Coexisting with Low Handgrip Strength in Persons near Retirement Age.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Effect of oligonol, a lychee-derived polyphenol, on skeletal muscle in ovariectomized rats by regulating body composition, protein turnover, and mitochondrial quality signaling.Food science & nutrition · 2022Article
- Association between body mass index and falls in community-dwelling men and women: a prospective, multinational study in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE).European geriatric medicine · 2021Article
- The Association of Physical Function Measures With Frailty, Falls History, and Metabolic Syndrome in a Population With Complex Obesity.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate associations between sarcopenia, obesity, and sarcopenic obesity and incidence of falls in a racially and ethnically diverse cohort of healthy postmenopausal women.
designProspective cohort study.
settingThree Women's Health Initiative (WHI) clinical centers (Tucson-Phoenix, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Birmingham, AL).
participantsPostmenopausal women aged 50 to 79 enrolled in the WHI who underwent bone and body composition scans using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry at baseline (N = 11,020). MEASUREMENTS: Sarcopenia was defined as the lowest 20
resultsSarcopenic obesity was associated with greater risk of falls in women aged 50 to 64 (relative risk (RR) = 1.35, 95% confidence interval (CI)=1.17-1.56) and 65 to 79 (RR = 1.21, 95% CI=1.05-1.39). Sarcopenic obesity related fall risk was higher in Hispanic women (RR = 2.40, 95% CI=1.56-3.67) than non-Hispanic white women (RR = 1.24, 95% CI=1.11-1.39).
conclusionIn a multiethnic cohort of postmenopausal women, sarcopenic obesity-related fall risk was high in women younger than 65 and those age 65 and older. Sarcopenic obesity posed the highest risk for falls in Hispanic women. The findings support identification of causal factors and health disparities in sarcopenic obesity to customize fall prevention strategies and ameliorate this significant public health burden. J Am Geriatr Soc 66:2314-2320, 2018.
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