Open AccessPrevalência de risco de sarcopenia e obesidade sarcopênica entre idosos não-institucionalizados do interior do Ceará
Author(s) -
Orianny Nágela Batista Santos,
Bruna Yhang da Costa Silva,
Thais Ariele Lima Chaves,
Ozianne Kelly Vidal Oliveira,
Jane Karine da Silva,
Samanta Naje Rodrigues de Castro
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
braspen journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2764-1546
pISSN - 2525-7374
DOI - 10.37111/braspenj.2020354010
Subject(s) - sarcopenia , sarcopenic obesity , medicine , obesity , gerontology , muscle mass , demography , sociology
The loss of muscle mass is an expected consequence of aging, but excess adiposityhas also been increasing in this age group. Both in isolation compromise health and quality oflife, but a greater impact happens when they associate. Objective: To verify the prevalence ofrisk for sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity among elderly in the municipality of Morada Nova-CE.Methods: Quantitative, transversal, descriptive and analytical study. Simple Questionnaire toRapidly Diagnosed Sarcopenia (SARC-F) was applied. After, weight, height, calf circumference (CP)and triceps skinfolds (DCT), bicipital, subscapular and supra iliac were collected for diagnoses ofnutritional status, sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity. In descriptive statistics, mean and standarddeviation were calculated. In inferential statistics, Pearson’s correlation tests, ANOVA and chisquare were applied. Results: A total of 121 elderly people aged 60 or over and of both sexesparticipated in the study. The majority of the elderly people (72%, n = 87) were female, with a meanage of 68.8 ± 6.18 years, ranging from 60 to 86 years. The main findings were: predominanceof BMI eutrophy, obesity due to DCT adequacy and percentage of fat (% GC), absence of musclemass depletion, sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity. Conclusions: Most elderly people did nothave sarcopenia or sarcopenic obesity. No association was found between these two diagnoses,nor between the results of SARC-F and CP. Women were more likely to have sarcopenia thanmen. We suggest studies that allow the establishment of consensus bridges for the diagnosis ofsarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity, as well as studies involving the use of SARC-F for its diffusionand evaluation of its sensitivity for the diagnosis of sarcopenia.