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Elsevier, Obesity Research and Clinical Practice, 4(7), p. e301-e307

DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2012.02.003

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Sarcopenic obesity is closely associated with metabolic syndrome

Journal article published in 2013 by Chia-Wen Lu, Kuen-Cheh Yang ORCID, Hao-Hsiang Chang, Long-Teng Lee, Ching-Yu Chen, Kuo-Chin Huang, CW;Yang KC;Chang HH;Lee LT;Chen CY;Huang KC Lu
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Abstract

Objectives: Obesity is a risk factor for metabolic syndrome (MetS). We aimed to investigate whether sarcopenic obesity (SO) was associated with MetS. Methods: A total of 600 community-dwelling males and females aged 63.6 ± 10.1 years in Northern Taiwan were enrolled in this study. Sarcopenia was defined by the percentage of total skeletal mass (total skeletal muscle mass (kg)/weight (kg) × 100). Cut-offs were established at