ArticleJournal of clinical & translational endocrinology2025
The relationship between sarcopenic obesity and prediabetes in adolescents: Analysis of the national health and nutrition examination survey from 2011 to 2016.
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- Differences in body composition and physical activity in youth with obesity who report pain.Obesity pillars · 2026Article
- Association between CVAI-defined body composition phenotypes and prediabetes outcomes in Chinese adults undergoing health check-ups: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to observe the relationship between sarcopenic obesity and prediabetes in adolescents. Methods: A cross-sectional retrospective study was conducted on United States adolescents aged 12-19 years. Data were extracted from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011-2012, 2013-2014, and 2015-2016 cycles. Sarcopenic obesity was defined as waist circumference at or above the 90th percentile for age and sex and appendicular skeletal muscle mass divided by weight below the lower quintile for age and sex. Results: The prevalence of prediabetes was 22.2 % in the normal group, 15.0 % in the sarcopenia alone group, 22.3 % in the obesity alone group, and 36.9 % in the sarcopenic obesity group. In univariate logistic regression, adolescents with sarcopenic obesity had a higher odds of prediabetes compared to the normal group (odds ratio = 2.048, 95 % CI: 1.125-3.728, Conclusion: The present study demonstrates that sarcopenic obesity was closely associated with an increased odds of prediabetes in United States adolescents.
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