Modern rheumatology
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Modern rheumatology · Nov 2019
Predictors of presarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults: A 5-year longitudinal study.
Objectives: Sarcopenia is an aging-induced decrease in muscle mass that increases frailty and fall in elderly people. Presarcopenia corresponds to the preliminary stage of sarcopenia. The purpose of this prospective study is to examine predictors of presarcopenia in health screening. ⋯ BMI, grip strength, BMD, back muscle strength, and osteoporosis deteriorated significantly more in the pre-sarcopenia group (n = 33) compared with controls (n = 91; no presarcopenia in 2015). In multivariate analysis, osteoporosis (OR 3.12, 95% CI 1.07-9.09; p < .05) was significantly associated with presarcopenia after 5 years. Conclusions: Establishment of risk factors for future pre-sarcopenia may allow development of evidence-based prevention strategies for this condition.