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ArticleArchives of endocrinology and metabolism2023

Sarcopenic obesity definitions and their associations with physical frailty in older Brazilian adults: data from the SARCOS study.

Alberto Frisoli, Gustavo Duque, Angela T Paes, Amanda Rocha Diniz, Eliene Lima, Elaine Azevedo, Valdir Ambrósio Moises

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Alberto FrisoliAmbulatório de Cardiologia Geriátrica, Divisão de Cardiologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Gustavo DuqueAustralian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Angela T PaesDepartamento de Estatística, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Amanda Rocha DinizAmbulatório de Cardiologia Geriátrica, Divisão de Cardiologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Eliene LimaAmbulatório de Cardiologia Geriátrica, Divisão de Cardiologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Elaine AzevedoAmbulatório de Cardiologia Geriátrica, Divisão de Cardiologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Valdir Ambrósio MoisesDivisão de Cardiologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To identify the obesity diagnosis with the highest association with physical frailty associated with sarcopenia EWGSOP II (sarcopenic obesity). Subjects and methods: We performed a cross-sectional analysis of 371 community-dwelling older adults. Appendicular skeletal lean mass and total body fat (TBF) were assessed using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, and physical frailty was defined using Fried's criteria. The phenotypes were identified according to the presence of sarcopenia by EWGSOP II and obesity, which was diagnosed using two concepts: BMI obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m Results: The mean age was 78.15 ± 7.22 years. Sarcopenia EWGSOP II was diagnosed in 19.8% (n = 73), body mass index obesity was identified in 21.8% (n = 81), TBF obesity was identified in 67.7% (n = 251), and physical frailty was identified in 38.5% (n = 142). In a regression analysis for frailty, sarcopenic TBF obesity presented an odds ratio of 6.88 (95% confidence interval 2.60-18.24; p < 0.001). Conclusion: In older Brazilian adults, sarcopenic obesity diagnosed by TBF obesity has a robust association with frailty and is independent of body mass index.

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FrailtySarcopeniaAbsorptiometry, PhotonBrazilCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansObesityelderlyfrailtyobesitySarcopenia

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