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Objective To investigate the status of body weight,total body fat and skeletal muscle in elderly patients with diabetes.Methods A total of 71 elderly diabetic patients (study group) who met entry criteria and signed informed consent were consecutively enrolled,and 70 healthy subjects (control group) matched for age and gender were selected into the study.Body weight,body mass index (BMI),waist-to-hip ratio (WHR),total body fat (TBF),abdominal fat (AF),visceral fat (VF),visceral fat area (VFA),fatfree mass (FFM),total body muscle (TBM),skeletal muscle (SM),skeletal muscle height index (SMHI) and grip strength (GS) were measured by anthropometry and multi-frequency bioelectric impedance analysis.The rate of low weight,overweight and obesity was judged by BMI;the rate of abdominal obesity by WHR;and the status of muscle by TBM,SM,MHI and GS.Results The two groups were comparable at baseline.Compared to the control group,the rate of low weight [36.6％ (26/71) vs.20.0％ (14/70),x2 =4.791,P=0.039],weight loss [(1.37± 1.57) kg vs.(0.82± 1.12) kg,t=2.402,P =0.018],ratio of people whoexperienced weight loss＞5％ in 3 months [22.5％ (16/71) vs.8.6％ (6/70),x2 =5.219,P=0.035],TBF％ [(32.3±5.0)％ vs.(30.3±5.2)％,t=2.294,P=0.023],WHR (0.91±0.55vs.0.87±0.51,t =2.661,P =0.009),the rate of abdominal obesity [49.3％ (35/71) vs.25.7％ (18/70),x2 =8.355,P=0.005],AF [(12.1±3.4) kg vs.(10.3±3.6) kg,t=2.981,P=0.003],VF [(2.9±0.8) kg vs.(2.5±0.9) kg,t=2.853,P=0.005] andVFA [(99.8±26.3) cm2 vs.(84.9±31.1) cm2,t=3.045,P=0.003] were increased significantly in study group,while the FFM [(34.9±7.5) kg vs.(37.9±5.6) kg,t=-2.691,P=0.008],SM [(25.8±4.5) kgvs.(27.3±3.5) kg,t=-2.140,P=0.034],SMHI [(9.4±1.8) kg/m2 vs.(10.2±1.5) kg/m2,t=-3.081,P=0.002] andGS [(29.3±6.6) kg vs.(31.8±5.7) kg,t=-2.406,P=0.017] were decreased significantly in study group.Conclusion Abnormal weight,abdominal obesity and loss of skeletal muscle were more likely to be observed in elderly patients with diabetes.
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Objective To compare differences among measured rest energy expenditure (REE) by using indirect calorimetry (IC) and predictive REE from predictive equations (PE) and human body component analyzer (HBCA).Methods Young and middle-aged healthy volunteers of light manual labor were recruited in this study.REEs were obtained from IC,PE (WHO-Schofield and Harris-Benedict equations) and HBCA.Results A total of 30 healthy participants were included,of whom 12 were males (25-46 years old) with an average age of (37.8±7.4) and 18 were females (26-52 years old) with an average age of (40.4±7.8).Measured REE of the males was (1 848.33± 155.01) kcal/d,which was significantly different from the predictive REE result of H-B equation (P=0.003) but not from results of WHO-Schofield equation and HBCA.In females,however,measured REE was (1 294.44± 134.23) kcal/d,which was significantly different from predictive REE results of both equations and HBCA,P=0.002 (WHO-Schofield),P=0.031 (H-B) and P=0.002 (HBCA).Results of measured REE were related to weight (P=0.033) and percentage of body fat (P=0.036) in males,and to height and muscle mass (P=0.003) in females.Conclusion In young and middle-aged healthy females of light manual labor,IC represented a more accurate way to measure REE,while in males WHO-Schofield equation and HBCA could be considered as alternative choices to predict REE.
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Objective To investigate the relationship between body mass index (BMI),total body fat (TBF),body fat distribution,and dyslipidemia in the elderly.Methods A total of 395 healthy elderly people who had annual examination at Peking Union Medical College Hospital were consecutively enrolled from October 2013 to March 2014.Body weight (BW),TBF,abdominal fat (AF),visceral fat (VF),visceral fat area (VFA) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) were measured with multi-frequency bioelectric impedance analysis.Serum triglyceride (TG),total cholesterol (TC),high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) were measured at the same time.The relationship between BMI,TBF,body fat distribution,and dyslipidemia were analyzed.Results The incidences of obesity (17.8％ vs.9.6％,P=0.036),overweight (49.6％ vs.30.4％,P=0.000) and dyslipidemia (67.0％ vs.44.8％,P =0.000) in male were significantly higher than those in female;while female showed a significantly higher percentage of TBF (60.0％ vs.41.1％,P =0.001).TC was positively correlated with TBF (P =0.020),AF (P =0.018),VF (P =0.015) and VFA (P =0.017);TG was positively correlated with BMI (P =0.000),TBF (P=0.000),WHR (P=0.000),AF (P=0.000),VF (P=0.000) and VFA (P=0.000);LDL-C was positively correlated with BMI (P =0.049),TBF (P =0.005),AF (P =0.004),VF (P =0.003) and VFA (P =0.004);while HDL-C was negatively correlated with BMI (P =0.000),TBF (P=0.020),WHR (P=0.000),AF (P=0.021),VF (P=0.024) and VFA (P=0.022).Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed that the predictive curves of BMI,TBF,WHR,AF,VF and VFA were above the reference line.TBF (P =0.000),WHR (P =0.000),AF (P =0.000),VF (P =0.000),VFA (P =0.000),TG (P =0.000) and LDL-C (female:P =0.021) in obesity/overweight group were significantly higher than those in normal weight group.Conclusion Obesity/overweight,high TBF and large WHR may increase the risk of dyslipidemia in the elderly.