Relationship between major dietary patterns and sarcopenia among menopausal women

• Published in: Aging clinical and experimental research Vol. 29; no. 6; pp. 1241 - 1248
• Main Authors: Mohseni, Reza, Aliakbar, Sima, Abdollahi, Afsoun, Yekaninejad, Mir Saeed, Maghbooli, Zhila, Mirzaei, Khadijeh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01-12-2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Age Factors; Confidence intervals; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diet, Mediterranean; Diet, Western; Female; Geriatrics/Gerontology; Hormone replacement therapy; Humans; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Menopause - physiology; Middle Aged; Muscle, Skeletal - pathology; Odds Ratio; Original Article; Prevalence; Sarcopenia; Sarcopenia - epidemiology; Sarcopenia - etiology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Sarcopenia; Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Factor analysis; Menopausal women; EWGSOP; Dietary pattern
• ISSN: 1720-8319; 1594-0667; 1720-8319
• DOI: 10.1007/s40520-016-0721-4

Background and aim
Dietary habits have been associated with the prevalence of the sarcopenia and limited data are available in this field for menopausal women. This study focused on the relationship between dietary patterns and prevalence of the sarcopenia in menopausal women.
Methods
This cross-sectional study was done in 250 menopausal women 45 years old or older. Dietary data were collected using a food-frequency questionnaire and physical activity was assessed by International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). Height, weight, skeletal muscle mass, hand grip, and gait speed were measured and sarcopenia was defined based on European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) guidelines.
Results
Using factor analysis, two major dietary patterns were found: a Western pattern (high in commercial beverage, sugar and dessert, snacks, solid fat, potato, high fat dairy, legume, organ meat, fast food, and sweets) and a Mediterranean pattern (high in olive, low-fat dairy, vegetable, fish, nut, and vegetable oil). After adjusting for confounding variables, for the highest vs the lowest tertiles, the Odds Ratio (OR) for sarcopenia was 1.06 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.47–2.37] in the Western pattern and 0.40 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.17–0.89] in the Mediterranean pattern.
Conclusions
Our findings suggest that Mediterranean dietary pattern has a favorable role in the prevention of sarcopenia.