ArticleArquivos brasileiros de cardiologia2021
Association of Body Composition with Arterial Stiffness in Long-lived People.
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- The Influence of Dietary Interventions on Arterial Stiffness in Overweight and Obese Subjects.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Sex-specific difference in the relationship between body fat percentage and arterial stiffness: Results from Fuzhou study.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2023Article
- Waist Circumference: A Parameter of Vascular Health.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2022Article
- Chronological Age or Biological Age, Mainly a Matter of Lifestyle.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2021Article
- Vascular Stiffness in Aging and Disease.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundArterial stiffness, obesity and sarcopenia correlate with each other and with cardiac outcomes in younger adults. However, there is little evidence of the association between body composition and markers of central arteries stiffness in long-lived people.
objectiveTo evaluate the relationship between arterial stiffness and body composition in functionally independent long-lived individuals.
methodsThis is a cross-sectional analysis of the association between markers of arterial stiffness and body composition among participants in a longitudinal cohort of elderly individuals aged 80 years or older who were functionally independent and lived in the community . Body composition measurements were performed using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) and central circulation parameters (CCP) obtained by a non-invasive oscillometric method through the Mobil-O-Graph 24h PWA Monitor® device. The central parameters evaluated were: pulse wave velocity (PWV), augmentation Index (AIx), pulse pressure amplification index (PPAi) and central pulse pressure (cPP). These were correlated to total lean mass (LM) and appendicular lean mass (aLM), body fat percentage, and Baumgartner's Index (BI). The level of significance was set at 5% for all tests.
resultsData from 124 elderly people with a mean age of 87.1 years (SD ± 4.3 years) were analyzed, with 74.2% of women and 57.3% of white. There was a statistically significant inverse correlation of AIx with LM (r = -0.391, p <0.001), aLM (r = -0.378, p <0.001), and BI (r = -0.258, p = 0.004). Also, cPP had an inversely proportional association with LM (r = -0.268, p = 0.003), aLM (r = -0.288, p = 0.001), and BI (r = -0.265, p = 0.003). When assessing the relationship between fat mass and CCP, a statistically significant direct relationship was observed only between AIx and body fat percentage (r = 0.197, p = 0.029).
conclusionIn long-lived people, body fat percentage is directly associated with arterial stiffness and inversely associated with the amount of LM. These findings may be associated with increased cardiovascular risk.
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