Sarcopenic obesity and pre-sarcopenia contribute to frailty in community-dwelling Italian older people: data from the FRASNET study.

ABSTRACT: The ageing process is characterized by a change of body composition with an increase of fat mass and a reduction of muscle mass. Above a certain threshold these alterations configure a condition named sarcopenic obesity (SO). SO is associated with physical frailty in Asian and Brazilian populations. SO impacts on physical frailty in other ethnic groups but its influence on general frailty which is multidimensional and includes cognitive, social and physical factors, remain insufficiently explored in the Italian population. Frailty was measured in community dwelling Italian older adults enrolled in the FRASNET study with the frailty index (FI). The FI quantifies frailty as the ratio of the number of present health deficits to the total number of health deficits considered. Regression analys

SUBMITTER: Damanti S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11290298 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature