| Autor: |
Diago-Galmés A; Hospital Universitario de La Plana, 12540 Villareal, Spain., Guillamón-Escudero C; Hospital General Universitari de Castelló, 12004 Castellón, Spain., Tenías-Burillo JM; Department of Preventive Medicine, Hospital Pare Jofré, 46017 Valencia, Spain., Soriano JM; Food & Health Lab, Institute of Materials Science, University of Valencia, 46980 Valencia, Spain.; Joint Research Unit on Endocrinology, Nutrition and Clinical Dietetics, University of Valencia-Health Research Institute La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain., Fernández-Garrido J; Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Podiatry, University of Valencia, 46001 Valencia, Spain. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Biology [Biology (Basel)] 2021 Jan 27; Vol. 10 (2). Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jan 27. |
| DOI: |
10.3390/biology10020093 |
| Abstrakt: |
Nowadays, the appearance of sarcopenia (S) or sarcopenic obesity (SO) is related to aging. According to the criteria of the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP), the feasibility of using salivary cortisol and testosterone levels was analyzed as diagnostic biomarkers of S or SO. One hundred and ninety non-institutionalized people aged ≥65 years were studied, independent of the activities of daily living (ADLs) (Barthel > 60), and sociodemographic variables were determined together with criteria for the diagnosis of S and SO including grip force, lower body strength, appendicular skeletal muscle mass, physical performance, total body fat percentage, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and triceps skinfold, together with the levels of salivary cortisol and testosterone. Our results reflected that women presented a higher prevalence of S and SO (21.2% and 30.2%, respectively). A significant difference was observed between salivary testosterone levels and the age of the participants with differences by sex. Testosterone values in men with S and SO were significantly lower ( p = 0.043 and p = 0.048, respectively), which suggests a potential use of the biomarker for diagnostic purposes. No significant differences were shown with cortisol values. |
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MEDLINE |
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