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Lean body mass: reference values for Italian population between 18 to 88 years old
C de Mesquita Barros Almeida Leite1, L Di Renzo, P Sinibaldi Salimei
1Internal Medicine and Health Sciences CHC-UFPR, Curitiba, Brazil. giuseppe.merra@policlinicogemelli.it.
Objective:
Body's lean mass compartment is a strong predictor of morbidity and mortality risk in various clinical conditions. This paper proposes a simple and easily applied reference table for lean body mass (LBM) and lean body mass index (LBMI) for the Italian population.
Patients And Methods:
Retrospective analysis of a database containing anthropometric and DXA body composition measurements obtained from a cross-sectional study conducted between 2002 and 2009 with Italian individuals. Parametric and nonparametric tests were performed using R 3.1.1 and SPSS 22.0 software packages.
Results:
The 3712 study participants, 37.3% men and 62.7% women, aging from 18 to 88 years. Individuals with normal weight, overweight and obesity were evenly distributed in the sample. LBM and LBMI measures were significantly higher in males. In both genders, there was a significant and progressive decline in these measures associated with aging. Significant differences in LBMI between genders were found in all age groups except for individuals over 75 years.
Conclusions:
Based on the participants LBM profile, a reference table for LBM values was proposed. This reference will be useful to detect changes in the LBM compartment of individuals from the South Central Region of Italy, supporting health professionals during the process of diagnosing sarcopenia.
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