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Experimental Aging Research
An International Journal Devoted to the Scientific Study of the Aging Process
Volume 43, 2017 - Issue 3
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Original Articles

Body Adiposity Index, but not Visceral Adiposity Index, Correlates with Inflammatory Markers in Sarcopenic Obese Elderly Women

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Pages 291-304 | Received 12 Feb 2016, Accepted 18 Jul 2016, Published online: 30 Mar 2017
 

Abstract

Background/Study Context: The association of body adiposity index (BAI) and visceral adiposity index (VAI) with inflammatory markers has yet to be understood. The aim of this work was to investigate the association of BAI and VAI with inflammatory markers in elderly women with sarcopenic obesity (SO).

Methods: A total of 130 women (age: 66.7 ± 5.2 years) underwent body composition analysis by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). Volunteers were classified according to SO definition. BAI, VAI, and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) were calculated. Blood samples were collected for C-reactive protein (CRP), tumor necrosis factor, and interleukin-6 (IL-6) measurements.

Results: SO prevalence was 20.8%. BAI correlated with the DEXA-derived body fat content (rS = .90), CRP (rS = .55), and IL-6 (rS = .53), whereas WHR correlated with CRP (rS = .60) only (all < .01). VAI did not correlate with any of the inflammatory variables.

Conclusion: Simple and cheap anthropometric indices such as BAI and WHR may be better predictors of low-grade inflammation than VAI in elderly women with SO.

FUNDING

This work was partially supported by the Research Support Foundation of the Brazilian Federal District, Brasília, Brazil.

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Funding

This work was partially supported by the Research Support Foundation of the Brazilian Federal District, Brasília, Brazil.

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