ArticleRheumatology international2024
DXA-based appendicular composition measures in healthy aging Caucasian Greek women: a cross-sectional study.
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As the global population of older persons increases, age-related medical conditions will have a greater impact on public health. DXA-derived bone and soft tissue metrics are associated with adverse clinical events in aging persons. This study aims to investigate the regional body composition of the appendices by whole-body DXA scans, and the age-related relationships between measures of bone and soft tissue in healthy Caucasian females of a Greek origin residing in the Mediterranean area. Body composition of the legs and the arms was analyzed, and lean mass (LM) and fat mass (FM) metrics were calculated in 330 women aged 20-85 years, using DXA. Peak bone mineral density (BMD) of the legs and arms was achieved between ages 20-30 and 41-50 years, respectively. The overall BMD reduction with age was for the legs 43% and the arms 32.2% (p < 0.001). Peak %LM of the legs and the arms was achieved between ages 20-30. The overall reduction of %LM with age was for the legs 22.5% (p < 0.001) and arms 6.6% (p < 0.05). Peak %FM of the legs and arms was attained between ages 31-40 and 61-70, respectively. The overall %FM reduction with age was for the legs and arms 7.5% and 1.9% (p > 0.05). In appendicular sites, Greek women reach peak values of bone mass in the legs first, in early adulthood. Bone loss predominates in the legs as women age. Also, with advancing age Greek women show preferential significant decreases of %LM and %FM in the legs as opposed to the arms. Although variation in appendicular bone and soft tissue metrics is present, the implications of variable biological crosstalks among the tissue components as women age may ultimately lay the foundation for future clinical trials aimed at healthy aging.
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