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Effect of Sarcopenia and Body Shape on Cardiovascular Disease According to Obesity Phenotypes

Hyun-Woong Cho et al. Diabetes Metab J. 2021 Mar.

Abstract

Background: This study aimed to assess the effects of sarcopenia and A Body Shape Index (ABSI) on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk according to obesity phenotypes.

Methods: We used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999 to 2012. A total of 25,270 adults were included and classified into the following groups: metabolically healthy normal weight (MHNW), metabolically healthy overweight/obese (MHO), metabolically unhealthy normal weight (MUNW), and metabolically unhealthy overweight/obese (MUO). Sarcopenia was defined as the appendicular skeletal mass index <7 kg/m2 in men and <5.5kg/m2 in women. A multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to evaluate the odds ratio (OR) of sarcopenia and ABSI for CVD events according to the obesity phenotype.

Results: The MHNW participants with sarcopenia had higher risk for CVD than those without sarcopenia (OR, 2.69; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.56 to 4.64). In the analysis with MHNW participants without sarcopenia as a reference, the participants with sarcopenia showed a higher OR for CVD than those without sarcopenia in both MHO (OR in participants without sarcopenia, 3.31; 95% CI, 1.94 to 5.64) (OR in participants with sarcopenia, 8.59; 95% CI, 2.63 to 28.04) and MUO participants (OR in participants without sarcopenia, 5.11; 95% CI, 3.21 to 8.15) (OR in participants with sarcopenia, 8.12; 95% CI, 4.04 to 16.32). Participants within the second and third tertiles of ABSI had higher ORs for CVDs than the counterpart of obesity phenotypes within the first tertile.

Conclusion: These results suggest that clinical approaches that consider muscle and body shape are required.

Keywords: Body size; Obesity, metabolically benign; Sarcopenia.

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Fig. 1. Weighted odds ratio (OR) (95% confidence interval [CI]) for cardiovascular events in terms of (A, B) obesity phenotype and sarcopenia, or (C, D) tertiles of A Body Shape Index (ABSI). (A) Compared to metabolically healthy normal weight (MHNW) without sarcopenia, (B) compared to MHNW with sarcopenia, (C) compared to MHNW with the first ABSI tertile, and (D) compared to MHNW with the third ABSI tertile. Values were adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, and smoking status. MHO, metabolically healthy overweight/obese; MUNW, metabolically healthy normal weight; MUO, metabolically unhealthy overweight/obese.

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Fig. 2. Relationship between continuous A Body Shape Index (ABSI) and the odds ratios for cardiovascular events according to obesity phenotypes. (A) Total population, and (B) obesity phenotype subgroups. Values were adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, and smoking status. MUO, metabolically unhealthy overweight/obese; MUNW, metabolically unhealthy normal weight; MHO, metabolically healthy overweight/obese; MHNW, metabolically healthy normal weight.

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