ArticleJournal of bone metabolism2020
Association of Dietary Variety Status and Sarcopenia in Korean Elderly.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Association between dietary diversity and healthy aging: a systematic review.BMC nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Mediterranean Diet and Sarcopenia Features in Apparently Healthy Adults over 65 Years: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Exploring the Relationship Among Malnutrition, Intake of Various Food Groups, and Sarcopenia in Elderly Population: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Incretin-Based Therapies: A Promising Approach for Modulating Oxidative Stress and Insulin Resistance in Sarcopenia.Journal of bone metabolism · 2024Article
- Mediating effects of physical activities and cognitive function on the relationship between dietary diversity and all-cause mortality in community-dwelling older adults.Journal of global health · 2024Article
- Association of diet quality with the risk of Sarcopenia based on the Chinese diet balance index 2016: a cross-sectional study among Chinese adults in Henan Province.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Effects of Turmeric Extract on Age-Related Skeletal Muscle Atrophy in Senescence-Accelerated Mice.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The association between healthy beverage index and sarcopenic obesity among women with overweight and obesity: a cross-sectional study.BMC endocrine disorders · 2023Article
- Dietary diversity and possible sarcopenia among older people in China: a nationwide population-based study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Natural Food for Sarcopenia: A Narrative Review.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2022Review
- Diet quality and a traditional dietary pattern predict lean mass in Australian women: Longitudinal data from the Geelong Osteoporosis Study.Preventive medicine reports · 2021Article
- Nuts and Older Adults' Health: A Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Sex Differences in the Association between Living Environmental Factors and Nutritional Status in Community-Dwelling Elderly Koreans.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundSarcopenia is associated with a variety of factors including age, diseases, exercise, and heredity. In particular, diet is known to affect changes in muscle mass loss.
methodsThe purpose of this study was to analyze the diversity of food intake according to the presence of sarcopenia in elderly people over 65 years old using the 2008 to 2011 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The differences in subjects' general characteristics, lifestyle, and intake of 15 food groups were compared, and the risk odds ratio (OR) for sarcopenia was calculated for each food intake by gender.
resultsThe proportion of sarcopenia was 27.7% for males and 24.3% for females. The sarcopenia group had significantly lower intakes of nuts and seeds, meats, and milks than the non-sarcopenia group in males. The females had significantly lower intake of fruits, milks, and beverages in non-sarcopenia group. The dietary diversity score was significantly lower in females with sarcopenia than non-sarcopenia group. Regression analysis of the risk OR for sarcopenia according to food group intake showed that the subjects in the lowest tertile (<31.1 g) had a 1.83 times (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.13-2.42) risk for sarcopenia in males. In case of milks intake of females, the risk for sarcopenia increased 1.39 times (95% CI, 1.11-1.86) in subjects with the lowest tertile (<30.1 g).
conclusionsDietary diversity status was the most vulnerable to female with sarcopenia. Sarcopenia was associated with meat intake in male and milk intake in female.
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