Lisa Schweitzer1, Corinna Geisler1, Maryam Pourhassan1, Wiebke Braun1, Claus-Christian Glüer2, Anja Bosy-Westphal3, Manfred J Müller4. 1. Institute of Human Nutrition, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany. 2. Clinic for Diagnostic Radiology, Section of Biomedical Imaging, Molecular Imaging North Competence Center CC (MOIN CC), University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany; and. 3. Institute of Human Nutrition, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany; Institute of Nutritional Medicine, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany. 4. Institute of Human Nutrition, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany; mmueller@nutrfoodsc.uni-kiel.de.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Assessing skeletal muscle (SM) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) by a single MRI slice at lumbar vertebra (L) 3 can replace whole-body MRI in young and middle-aged adults. However, this technique has not been proven in older adults. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this analysis was to reinvestigate the best estimate for SM and VAT in an independent population of healthy elderly people. METHODS: SM and VAT were assessed by whole-body MRI in 84 subjects ≥60 y [45 men; mean ± SD age: 68.4 ± 5.4 y, mean ± SD body mass index (in kg/m2): 25.5 ± 3.5]. SM and VAT areas of 9 slices at the lumbar spine were analyzed. The best estimate was investigated by Pearson correlations. Total volumes (in liters) were predicted by the area at lumbar vertebra 3 (AL3). Besides Bland-Altman analysis, linear regressions were performed to explain the variance of the bias by age, height, and percentage of fat mass (%FM). In a mixed population (healthy elderly plus reference population), linear regression with total SM and VAT volume as dependent variables and AL3, age, and height as independent variables was applied. RESULTS: When comparing the correlation coefficients between the tissue areas and total volumes, L3 was identified as the best estimate (r range: 0.71-0.94; all P < 0.05). However, Bland-Altman analysis showed a positive SM bias in men (mean ± SD: -1.0% ± 9.0%; P < 0.05) and a negative SM bias in women (mean ± SD: 3.7% ± 9.6%; P < 0.05). Contrary to SM, no significant bias was observed for VAT. In the elderly, stepwise linear regression showed height as a predictor for SM bias (R2 = 0.21, SEE = 2.07 L; P < 0.05) and %FM and age as predictors of the nonsignificant VAT bias (R2 = 0.26, SEE = 0.22L, P < 0.05), in men only. In the mixed population, AL3 and height were predictors for total SM, and AL3 for total VAT, independent of sex. CONCLUSIONS: AL3 was confirmed as the best estimate for SM and VAT volumes in healthy elderly adults. Contrary to VAT, there is a bias for SM, and height has to be added to the algorithm.
BACKGROUND: Assessing skeletal muscle (SM) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) by a single MRI slice at lumbar vertebra (L) 3 can replace whole-body MRI in young and middle-aged adults. However, this technique has not been proven in older adults. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this analysis was to reinvestigate the best estimate for SM and VAT in an independent population of healthy elderly people. METHODS: SM and VAT were assessed by whole-body MRI in 84 subjects ≥60 y [45 men; mean ± SD age: 68.4 ± 5.4 y, mean ± SD body mass index (in kg/m2): 25.5 ± 3.5]. SM and VAT areas of 9 slices at the lumbar spine were analyzed. The best estimate was investigated by Pearson correlations. Total volumes (in liters) were predicted by the area at lumbar vertebra 3 (AL3). Besides Bland-Altman analysis, linear regressions were performed to explain the variance of the bias by age, height, and percentage of fat mass (%FM). In a mixed population (healthy elderly plus reference population), linear regression with total SM and VAT volume as dependent variables and AL3, age, and height as independent variables was applied. RESULTS: When comparing the correlation coefficients between the tissue areas and total volumes, L3 was identified as the best estimate (r range: 0.71-0.94; all P < 0.05). However, Bland-Altman analysis showed a positive SM bias in men (mean ± SD: -1.0% ± 9.0%; P < 0.05) and a negative SM bias in women (mean ± SD: 3.7% ± 9.6%; P < 0.05). Contrary to SM, no significant bias was observed for VAT. In the elderly, stepwise linear regression showed height as a predictor for SM bias (R2 = 0.21, SEE = 2.07 L; P < 0.05) and %FM and age as predictors of the nonsignificant VAT bias (R2 = 0.26, SEE = 0.22L, P < 0.05), in men only. In the mixed population, AL3 and height were predictors for total SM, and AL3 for total VAT, independent of sex. CONCLUSIONS: AL3 was confirmed as the best estimate for SM and VAT volumes in healthy elderly adults. Contrary to VAT, there is a bias for SM, and height has to be added to the algorithm.
Keywords:
advanced age; age-related changes in body composition; assessment of body composition; imaging techniques; sarcopenia; sarcopenic obesity; simplification of the MRI protocol; skeletal muscle; visceral adipose tissue
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