在社区居住的秘鲁成年人中发现了sarcopenia和sarcopenic肥胖症:一个横截面研究
Oscar Flores-Flores1,2, Alejandro Zevallos-Morales1,2, Suzanne L Pollard3,4
1Universidad de San Martin de Porres, Facultad de Medicina Humana, Centro de Investigación del Envejecimiento (CIEN), Lima, Peru.
PloS one
|April 9, 2024
概括
麻症和麻性肥胖症是老年人的重大健康问题. 这项在秘鲁的研究发现了高比例的可能的肉症,这表明严重的公共卫生问题需要定制的干预措施.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 皮病和皮性肥胖 (SO) 越来越多地被认为是老年人群不良健康结果的主要贡献者.
- 了解这些疾病的患病率对于制定有针对性的公共卫生战略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在秘鲁利马,55岁及以上的社区成年人中估计可能的肉病,肉病和SO的患病率.
- 为了比较不同诊断标准的流行率.
主要方法:
- 这是一项涉及1151名年龄≥55岁的成年人在秘鲁利马进行的横截面研究,该研究于2018年至2020年期间进行.
- 使用欧洲 (EWGSOP2),美国 (FNIH) 和亚洲 (AWGS2) 的指导方针定义了石症,通过手握来评估低肌肉强度 (LMS) 和通过生物电阻来评估低肌肉质量 (LMM).
- 在患有sarcopenia的个体中,sarcopenic肥胖症 (SO) 被定义为身体质量指数≥30 kg/m2.
主要成果:
- 该研究包括1151名参与者,平均年龄为66.2岁;53.9%是男性,41.7%是肥胖者 (BMI≥30.0 kg/m2).
- 可能的肉类的患病率在22.7% (EWGSOP2) 到27.8% (AWGS2) 之间.
- 根据标准,肉类的患病率有很大的差异:5.7% (EWGSOP2),8.3% (AWGS2) 和18.1% (FNIH). SO的流行率在0.8%至5.0%之间.
结论:
- 根据所使用的标准,肉类症和SO患病率存在很大差异,这突出了需要特定于环境的切线值的需要.
- 虽然SO的流行率很低,但它可能被低估了. 可能发生的高患病率和高患病率意味着相当大的公共卫生负担.
- 这些发现强调了准确评估和管理老年成人群体的萨尔科佩尼亚的重要性.
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