Sociodemographic Prevalence of Sarcopenic Obesity Among Gender in African American Population
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Sociodemographic Prevalence of Sarcopenic Obesity Among Gender in African American Population Smart Asare 1,2
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Ijeoma N. Opara 3 & Aubin Sandio 1 & Mohan Palla 4 & Alexandros Briasoulis 5 & Eric Ayers 6
Accepted: 2 October 2020 # Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Abstract Epidemiological studies on obesity have focused on poverty levels, median income, and race as major contributors to increasing obesity trends but few have studied the impact of obesity on muscle mass and strength. Medical costs, insurance coverage rates, body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference were also considered. Investigating increasing prevalence of sarcopenic obesity and connecting it to factors like BMI, waist circumference, loss of muscle mass and strength, median income, and insurance coverage rates in regional sociodemographic USA was the goal. The purpose was to investigate the prevalence of sarcopenic obesity among US African-Americans of specific age groups and gender. Appendicular skeletal mass (ASM) was measured by dual X-ray absorptiometry. ASM can further be defined as lean muscle mass. Sarcopenic obesity index (SOI) was calculated as ASM/TBW, with TBW representing total body weight. Sarcopenic obesity was defined as SOI of ≤ 0.128 for males and ≤ 0.519 for females. In general, BMI ≥ 30, muscle strength ≤ 2/5, DEXA value of appendicular lean muscle index (ALMI) < 2 Z score all impact the measurements of sarcopenic obesity. Prevalence; ASM/TBW ×100%. Comparisons across different regions of the USA from 2006 to 2008 US census CDC data from a total of 84,838 showed African Americans males 32.6%; (31.4–33.9) and females 40.6%; (39.7–41.5) in the South region showed females had the highest prevalence. The prevalence of sarcopenic obesity between the ages of 55–74 years among African American gender is significant for females when compared to males. Keywords Gender . Prevalence . Sarcopenic obesity . Appendicular skeletal mass
Introduction Sarcopenic obesity is defined as a sarcopenic obesity index (SOI) of ≤ 0.128 for males and ≤ 0.519 for females. Associated risk factors include decreased lean muscle mass and strength, increase in obesity and its consequences, as well
as sedentary lifestyle just to name a few. The significance of the study is to bring awareness to and encourage further clinical research as sarcopenic obesity steadily grows among the African American population. Epidemiological studies on obesity have focused on poverty levels, median income, and race as major contributors to increasing obesity trends but few
This article is part of the Topical Collection on Medicine * Smart Asare [email protected]
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Wayne State University School of Medicine, 4201 St Antoine, MI 48201 Detroit, USA
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Ijeoma N. Opara [email protected]
Southfield, USA
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Aubin Sandio [email protected]
DMC Hospital, Wayne State University, 4201 St Antoine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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Interventional Cardiology University of Texas Galveston, 301 University Boulevard 5. 106 John Sealy Annex, Galveston, TX, USA
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