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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
Volume 82, Issue 2, Pages 428-434Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/82.2.428
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sarcopenia; obesity; inflammation; fibrinolysis; skeletal muscle; aging
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL-AG 68901-01] Funding Source: Medline
- NIA NIH HHS [P30-AG-021332-03] Funding Source: Medline
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Background: Age-related body-composition changes are associated with health-related outcomes in elders. This relation may be explained by inflammation and hemostatic abnormalities. Objectives: Our objectives were to evaluate the relation between body-composition measures [body mass index (BMI), total fat mass, and appendicular lean mass (aLM)] and C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin 6 (IL-6), and plasminogen activator inhibitor I (PAI-1) and to explore the effect of obesity and sarcopenia on CRP, IL-6, and PAI-1 concentrations. Design: The data are from the Trial of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibition and Novel Cardiovascular Risk Factors (TRAIN) study baseline visit (n = 286; mean age = 66.0 y). Total fat mass and aLM were assessed with a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scan. Linear regressions were performed between body-composition measures and CRP, IL-6, or PAI-1 concentrations. The effect of sarcopenia and obesity (defined as the percentage of fat mass) on CRP, IL-6, and PAI-1 concentrations was evaluated with the use of analyses of covariance. Results: CRP and IL-6 were positively associated with both BMI [beta = 0.027 (P = 0.03) and beta = 0.048 (P < 0.001), respectively] and total fat mass [beta = 0.049 (P < 0.001) and beta = 0.055 (P < 0.001), respectively] and were inversely associated with fat-adjusted aLM [beta = -0.629 (P = 0.002) and beta = -0.467 (P = 0.02), respectively]. PAI-1 was positively associated with both BMI (beta = 0.038, P = 0.005) and total fat mass (beta = 0.032, P = 0.007). No significant interaction was found between either obesity or sarcopenia and CRP, IL-6, and PAI-1 concentrations. Obesity remained significantly associated with high CRP and IL-6 concentrations after adjustments for sarcopenia. Conclusions: CRP and IL-6 are positively associated with total fat mass and negatively associated with aLM. Obesity-associated inflammation may play an important role in the age-related process that leads to sarcopenia. The relation of inflammation with sarcopenia was not independent of any of the considered obesity indexes.
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