Sarcopenia in people living with HIV in Hong Kong: which definition correlates with health outcomes?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Sarcopenia is an important clinical syndrome in older people living with HIV (PLWH). With a change to the Asia sarcopenia definition in 2019, we aimed to determine whether health outcomes were associated with different definitions of sarcopenia among Asian PLWH.

Methods

We performed a prospective cross-sectional study enrolling PLWH aged ≥35 years from January 2018 to November 2021. We defined sarcopenia by the Asia Working Group of Sarcopenia (AWGS) criteria in 2014 and 2019. AWGS-2014 included low muscle mass plus weak handgrip strength and/or slow gait speed. AWGS-2019 included low muscle mass plus low muscle strength or physical performance, while the presence of all defines severe sarcopenia. We measured appendicular skeletal muscle mass using dual-energy X

SUBMITTER: Luk FWL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9522638 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature