Usefulness of Simple Dietary Check Sheet as Screening Tool to Assess the Risk of Muscle Mass Reduction in Community-Dwelling Middle-Aged and Older Adults

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate the usefulness of a simple dietary check sheet to assess the risk of muscle mass reduction in middle-aged and older adults.

METHODS: The study participants comprised 1,272 community-dwelling individuals aged 50-89 years (mean age; 68.7 years). Bioelectrical impedance analysis was performed to estimate the appendicular skeletal muscle mass index (SMI, kg/m2). The SMIs were expressed as z-scores and adjusted for age and gender. A simple dietary check sheet was used to assess the daily intake of foods associated with maintaining muscle mass, such as meat, fish, eggs, milk, soybean products, and vegetables.

RESULTS: Individuals with reduced muscle masses (SMI z-scores < -1.0) had significantly lower intakes of meat, fish, eggs, milk, and vegetables, and a lower overall dietary intake than individuals without reduced muscle masses (SMI z-scores ≥ -1.0). Food intake score was calculated to obtain quantitative estimates of the daily intake of these foods. The scores ranged from 0 to 14, with higher scores indicating higher intakes of foods that contribute to maintaining the muscle mass. Compared with the reference group with scores of ≥ 10, the groups with lower scores were at a higher risk of muscle mass reduction. The odds ratios (95% confidence interval) of the groups with scores of 9, 8, 7, 6, and ≤ 5 were 1.15 (0.42-3.13), 2.10 (0.89-4.95), 3.64 (1.61-8.23), 4.49 (1.90-10.58), and 7.53 (3.06-18.51), respectively, after adjusting for age, gender, obesity, alcohol intake, smoking, physical inactivity, hypertriglyceridemia, diabetes mellitus, and liver dysfunction.

CONCLUSIONS: As the food intake scores were significantly associated with decreased muscle mass, the proposed simple dietary check sheet may help assess the risk of muscle mass reduction in middle-aged and older adults from a nutritional perspective.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:77

Enthalten in:

Nihon eiseigaku zasshi. Japanese journal of hygiene - 77(2022) vom: 10.

Sprache:

Japanisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Abe, Kaori [VerfasserIn]
Miyai, Nobuyuki [VerfasserIn]
Terada, Kazufumi [VerfasserIn]
Utsumi, Miyoko [VerfasserIn]
Takeshita, Tatsuya [VerfasserIn]
Arita, Mikio [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

English Abstract
Food intake
General population
Journal Article
Middle-aged and older adults
Simple dietary check sheet
Skeletal muscle mass

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 23.12.2022

Date Revised 23.12.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1265/jjh.22007

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM350547696