Obesidad sarcopénica y disfuncionalidad en población con síndrome metabólico

Abstract

The sarcopenic obesity (SO) is a new category of obesity, specially related with the elderly population, characterized by high fat mass and low muscle mass. It is intended to analyze the relation between SO and disability, in a population older than 55 years with overweight or obesity and metabolic syndrome. For the body composition analyzes we used DXA in 303 patients, and for the assessment of disability we used 5 physical validated test in a subsample of 53 patients. We constructed a global physical capacity score and we studied the association with SO phenotypes, defined using the skeletal muscle mass and the total body fat. It has not been found significant associations between SO and disability in our sample. Studies with a large sample are needed.