Calf circumference: cutoff values from the NHANES 1999-2006.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Calf circumference (CC) is used in geriatric studies as a simple and practical skeletal muscle (SM) marker for diagnosing low SM and sarcopenia. Currently applied CC cutoff points were developed in samples including older participants; values representative of the full adult lifespan are lacking.

Objectives

We aimed to develop CC cutoff points and to identify relevant confounding factors from the large and diverse NHANES 1999-2006 population sample.

Methods

Demographic, anthropometric, and imaging data (DXA, appendicular lean mass) from the adult (age ≥18 y) NHANES sample were partitioned into subgroups according to sex, age, ethnicity, and race. Adults aged 18-39 y and BMI (in kg/m2) 18.5-24.9 were set as a reference population; CC cutoff points were deriv

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8433492 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature