TY - JOUR
KW - Activities of Daily Living
KW - Aged
KW - Brazil
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Female
KW - Health Status Indicators
KW - Home Care Services
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Linear Models
KW - Male
KW - Mental Health
KW - Perception
KW - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
KW - Quality of Life
KW - Reproducibility of Results
KW - Socioeconomic Factors
KW - Surveys and Questionnaires
KW - World Health Organization
AU - Kim W
AU - Park HW
AU - Hwang BK
AU - Bae SO
AU - Kim IK
AU - Chung S
AB - Because of chronicity and poor environments, elderly leprosy survivors might be at greater risk of developing obesity and sarcopenia than healthy individuals. This study aimed to investigate whether body composition and the prevalence of obesity and sarcopenia among elderly leprosy survivors with no or mild physical impairment differ from those of the general population. A total of 36 leprosy survivors aged 65-90 years with no or mild physical impairment were recruited. Individuals matched for sex, age, and height were selected as a control group from the Fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Anthropometric characteristics, body composition, appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM), modified skeletal muscle mass index (SMI), and the prevalence of obesity and sarcopenia were compared between the leprosy survivors and the control group. Compared to the control group, the leprosy survivors had higher body weight, BMI, total fat mass, and total fat percentage. The leprosy survivor group also had lower ASM (P=0.035) and SMI (P<0.001) values. Comparison of the composition of regional body parts showed that the lean body mass of the legs was lower in the leprosy survivor group even though this group had higher body weight. The leprosy survivor group also had a significantly higher prevalence of sarcopenia than the control group (38.7% vs. 5.6%; P=0.002). These findings suggest that leprosy survivors are at greater risk of developing obesity and sarcopenia than healthy individuals. Further researches are required to investigate causes and mechanisms of sarcopenia in leprosy survivors.
BT - Archives of gerontology and geriatrics
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23993270?dopt=Abstract
DA - 2014 Jan-Feb
DO - 10.1007/s11136-013-0590-7
IS - 1
J2 - Arch Gerontol Geriatr
LA - eng
N2 - Because of chronicity and poor environments, elderly leprosy survivors might be at greater risk of developing obesity and sarcopenia than healthy individuals. This study aimed to investigate whether body composition and the prevalence of obesity and sarcopenia among elderly leprosy survivors with no or mild physical impairment differ from those of the general population. A total of 36 leprosy survivors aged 65-90 years with no or mild physical impairment were recruited. Individuals matched for sex, age, and height were selected as a control group from the Fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Anthropometric characteristics, body composition, appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM), modified skeletal muscle mass index (SMI), and the prevalence of obesity and sarcopenia were compared between the leprosy survivors and the control group. Compared to the control group, the leprosy survivors had higher body weight, BMI, total fat mass, and total fat percentage. The leprosy survivor group also had lower ASM (P=0.035) and SMI (P<0.001) values. Comparison of the composition of regional body parts showed that the lean body mass of the legs was lower in the leprosy survivor group even though this group had higher body weight. The leprosy survivor group also had a significantly higher prevalence of sarcopenia than the control group (38.7% vs. 5.6%; P=0.002). These findings suggest that leprosy survivors are at greater risk of developing obesity and sarcopenia than healthy individuals. Further researches are required to investigate causes and mechanisms of sarcopenia in leprosy survivors.
PY - 2014
SP - 134
EP - 9
T2 - Archives of gerontology and geriatrics
TI - Comparison of sarcopenic status between elderly leprosy survivors and general population.
VL - 58
SN - 1872-6976
ER -