Associations of physical activity with sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity in middle-aged and older adults: the Louisiana osteoporosis study

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 896 - 13
• Main Authors: Du, Yan, Xu, Tao, Yin, Zenong, Espinoza, Sara, Xie, Yiqiong, Gentry, Caleb, Tian, Qing, Zhao, Lan-Juan, Shen, Hui, Luo, Zhe, Deng, Hong-Wen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 05.05.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adults; Age; Age groups; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biomedical materials; Body Composition; Body fat; Body mass index; Body size; Data collection; Ethnicity; Exercise; Female; Females; Gender; Generalized linear models; Grip strength; Health aspects; Humans; Male; Males; Middle age; Middle Aged; Middle aged persons; Musculoskeletal system; Obesity; Obesity - complications; Obesity - epidemiology; Older people; Osteoporosis; Patient outcomes; Physical activity; Physical fitness; Physical training; Physiological aspects; Risk factors; Sarcopenia; Sarcopenia - complications; Sarcopenia - epidemiology; Sarcopenic obesity; Statistical models; Waist Circumference; Weight control; Weight reduction; United States; Louisiana; United States > US; Sarcopenic obesity; Obesity; Sarcopenia; Exercise; Physical activity

This study examined the associations between physical activity, obesity, and sarcopenia in middle-aged and older adults. We analyzed the data of 8, 919 study participants aged between 45 to 97 (mean age = 57.2 ± 8.8) from a Southern state in the United States. Self-reported physical activity was cla...