H S Kruger1, L K Micklesfield2, H H Wright3, L Havemann-Nel1, J H Goedecke4. 1. Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa. 2. Faculty of Health Sciences, MRC/WITS Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. 3. 1] Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa [2] University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, Queensland, Australia. 4. 1] Non-communicable Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa [2] UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 8000 South Africa.
Abstract
BACKGROUND/ OBJECTIVES: Age-related muscle and fat mass (FM) changes are ethnicity specific. We aimed to develop a cut-point for the muscle mass component of sarcopenia for black South African (SA) women, and to assess its predictive value, in comparison to established cut-points, to identify functional ability among older black SA women. SUBJECTS/ METHODS: In a cross-sectional study, a sarcopenia cut-point was calculated from dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)-derived appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM) indexes (ASMI) from two young black SA reference groups. The new cut-point was compared with the most recent Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) criteria (ASM <15.02 kg; and ASM(BMI) <0.512), an internationally accepted cut-point (ASMI <5.5 kg/m(2)) and a residual method adjusting for FM. All cut-points were then applied to 221 older black women to predict gait speed and handgrip strength. RESULTS: A cut-point of ASMI <4.94 kg/m(2) was derived from the young SA reference groups. Using this cut-point, 9.1% of older women were classified as sarcopenic, compared with 16.7-38.7% using other cut-points. The only cut-points that significantly predicted low functional ability (low gait speed and low handgrip strength) in older black women were the new SA cut-point and the FNIH ASM criterion. Multivariate logistic regression models for both these cut-points significantly predicted low handgrip strength (odds ratio (OR)=3.71, P=0.007 and OR=3.42, P=0.001, respectively) and low gait speed (OR=9.82, P=0.004 and OR=8.71, P=0.008, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: The new SA cut-point had similar or greater odds of predicting reduced functional ability in older SA women when compared with other internationally accepted cut-points.
BACKGROUND/ OBJECTIVES: Age-related muscle and fat mass (FM) changes are ethnicity specific. We aimed to develop a cut-point for the muscle mass component of sarcopenia for black South African (SA) women, and to assess its predictive value, in comparison to established cut-points, to identify functional ability among older black SAwomen. SUBJECTS/ METHODS: In a cross-sectional study, a sarcopenia cut-point was calculated from dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)-derived appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM) indexes (ASMI) from two young black SA reference groups. The new cut-point was compared with the most recent Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) criteria (ASM <15.02 kg; and ASM(BMI) <0.512), an internationally accepted cut-point (ASMI <5.5 kg/m(2)) and a residual method adjusting for FM. All cut-points were then applied to 221 older black women to predict gait speed and handgrip strength. RESULTS: A cut-point of ASMI <4.94 kg/m(2) was derived from the young SA reference groups. Using this cut-point, 9.1% of older women were classified as sarcopenic, compared with 16.7-38.7% using other cut-points. The only cut-points that significantly predicted low functional ability (low gait speed and low handgrip strength) in older black women were the new SA cut-point and the FNIH ASM criterion. Multivariate logistic regression models for both these cut-points significantly predicted low handgrip strength (odds ratio (OR)=3.71, P=0.007 and OR=3.42, P=0.001, respectively) and low gait speed (OR=9.82, P=0.004 and OR=8.71, P=0.008, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: The new SA cut-point had similar or greater odds of predicting reduced functional ability in older SAwomen when compared with other internationally accepted cut-points.
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