M U Pérez-Zepeda1, N Sánchez-Garrido1, M González-Lara2, L M Gutiérrez-Robledo1. 1. Geriatric Epidemiologic Research Department, National Institute of Geriatrics, Mexico City, Mexico. 2. Postgraduate Division, Medicine Faculty, Mexican National Autonomous University, Mexico City, Mexico.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of sarcopenia in Mexican older adults using simple measurements and tailored cutoff values for the components of the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People algorithm. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This study used cross-sectional data from the third wave (2012) of the Mexican Health and Aging Study. Gait speed and handgrip strength cutoff values were tailored for Mexican older adults. Muscle mass was estimated by a formula, which uses simple anthropometry and demographic characteristics. RESULTS: From the total of 1,238 older adults included in our study, sarcopenia prevalence was 11% (n = 137). When categorizing sarcopenia, 39.1% (n = 484) had pre-sarcopenia, 8.3% (n = 103) moderate sarcopenia, and 2.75% (n = 34) had severe sarcopenia. CONCLUSIONS: Sarcopenia is a common problem in Mexican older adults, and its frequency along with its severity increases with age. Tailored cutoff values could help in identifying those subjects that could have benefited from intervention.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of sarcopenia in Mexican older adults using simple measurements and tailored cutoff values for the components of the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People algorithm. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This study used cross-sectional data from the third wave (2012) of the Mexican Health and Aging Study. Gait speed and handgrip strength cutoff values were tailored for Mexican older adults. Muscle mass was estimated by a formula, which uses simple anthropometry and demographic characteristics. RESULTS: From the total of 1,238 older adults included in our study, sarcopenia prevalence was 11% (n = 137). When categorizing sarcopenia, 39.1% (n = 484) had pre-sarcopenia, 8.3% (n = 103) moderate sarcopenia, and 2.75% (n = 34) had severe sarcopenia. CONCLUSIONS:Sarcopenia is a common problem in Mexican older adults, and its frequency along with its severity increases with age. Tailored cutoff values could help in identifying those subjects that could have benefited from intervention.
Entities:
Keywords:
Disability; Epidemiology of aging; Muscle aging; Sarcopenia
Authors: V E Arango-Lopera; P Arroyo; L M Gutiérrez-Robledo; M U Pérez-Zepeda; M Cesari Journal: J Nutr Health Aging Date: 2013-03 Impact factor: 4.075
Authors: Alfonso J Cruz-Jentoft; Jean Pierre Baeyens; Jürgen M Bauer; Yves Boirie; Tommy Cederholm; Francesco Landi; Finbarr C Martin; Jean-Pierre Michel; Yves Rolland; Stéphane M Schneider; Eva Topinková; Maurits Vandewoude; Mauro Zamboni Journal: Age Ageing Date: 2010-04-13 Impact factor: 10.668
Authors: Thiago G Barbosa-Silva; Renata M Bielemann; Maria Cristina Gonzalez; Ana Maria B Menezes Journal: J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle Date: 2015-06-09 Impact factor: 12.910
Authors: Matteo Cesari; Roger A Fielding; Marco Pahor; Bret Goodpaster; Marc Hellerstein; Gabor A van Kan; Stefan D Anker; Seward Rutkove; J Willem Vrijbloed; Maria Isaac; Yves Rolland; Christine M'rini; Mylène Aubertin-Leheudre; Jesse M Cedarbaum; Mauro Zamboni; Cornell C Sieber; Didier Laurent; William J Evans; Ronenn Roubenoff; John E Morley; Bruno Vellas Journal: J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle Date: 2012-08-03 Impact factor: 12.910
Authors: Yasmin Y Al-Gindan; Catherine Hankey; Lindsay Govan; Dympna Gallagher; Steven B Heymsfield; Michael E J Lean Journal: Am J Clin Nutr Date: 2014-08-13 Impact factor: 7.045
Authors: S G Aguilar-Navarro; A J Mimenza-Alvarado; J E Aguilar-Esquivel; S G Yeverino-Castro; T Juárez-Cedillo; S Mejía-Arango Journal: J Nutr Health Aging Date: 2019 Impact factor: 4.075
Authors: Heliodoro Alemán-Mateo; Miriam T López-Teros; Roxana E Ruiz-Valenzuela; Maribel Ramírez-Torres; René Urquidez-Romero Journal: Curr Gerontol Geriatr Res Date: 2020-05-31