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Nazari T, Moodi M, Fakhrzadeh H, Khodabakhshi H, Khorashadizadeh M, Arzaghi SM, Shoaee S, Varmaghani M, Ejtahed HS, Sharifi F. The association of depressive symptoms with handgrip strength and gait speed in community-dwelling older adults: data from the baseline phase of Birjand Longitudinal Aging Study. BMC Geriatr 2024; 24:393. [PMID: 38702602 PMCID: PMC11069203 DOI: 10.1186/s12877-024-04944-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 05/06/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Depression is a multifaceted condition with a high prevalence and burden to society. Handgrip strength (HGS) and gait speed (GS) are indices of physical health, which is linked to mental health. Previous studies have shown heterogeneity among countries in the association of physical parameters and depression. In this study, we aimed to investigate the association of HGS and GS with depressive symptoms in older adults. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study analyzing data from the Birjand Longitudinal Aging Study, a cohort of community-dwelling older adults (≥ 60 years old). Depressive symptoms were assessed by the nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire. HGS was measured with a hand dynamometer in a sitting position, and GS was estimated by a 15-foot walk test at usual pace. RESULTS Compared to participants in the first quartile, those in the second quartile of HGS had significantly lower odds of suffering from depressive symptoms, while GS was not significantly associated with depressive symptoms. A higher HGS was associated with a lower risk of moderate depressive symptoms, while a higher GS was related to a lower risk of moderately severe and severe symptoms. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that older people residing in Birjand, Iran with a moderate HGS are less likely to suffer from depressive symptoms than those with lower HGS.
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- Tina Nazari
- Department of Medical Geriatrics, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
- School of Health, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
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- Elderly Health Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
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- Elderly Health Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Elderly Health Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Obesity and Eating Habits Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Elderly Health Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Lv X, Peng W, Jia B, Lin P, Yang Z. Longitudinal association of sleep duration with possible sarcopenia: evidence from CHARLS. BMJ Open 2024; 14:e079237. [PMID: 38521528 PMCID: PMC10961493 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/25/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVES There are limited data on the relationship between sleep duration and possible sarcopenia. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the associations of sleep duration with possible sarcopenia and its defining components based on the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). DESIGN A retrospective cohort study. SETTING This study was conducted on participants aged over 45 years applying the 2011 baseline and 2015 follow-up survey from CHARLS covering 450 villages, 150 counties and 28 provinces. PARTICIPANTS Data from 5036 individuals (2568 men and 2468 women) free of possible sarcopenia at baseline were analysed. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES The dose-response relationship between sleep duration and possible sarcopenia. RESULTS During 4 years of follow-up, 964 (19.14%) participants developed possible sarcopenia. Compared with participants who slept 6-8 hours per night, those with shorter sleep duration (<6 hours per night) were independently associated with 22% (OR, 1.22; 95% CI, 1.04 to 1.44) increased risk of developing possible sarcopenia and 27% (OR, 1.27; 95% CI, 1.04 to 1.57) increased risk of developing low handgrip strength after controlling for potential confounders. Long sleep duration (>8 hours per night) was not significantly associated with incident possible sarcopenia. The plots of restricted cubic splines exhibited an atypical inverse J-shaped association between sleep duration and possible sarcopenia. Subgroup analysis showed a stronger association between sleep duration and possible sarcopenia in participants aged 45-59 years and composed of male populations. CONCLUSIONS Short sleep duration was a potential risk factor for possible sarcopenia and low handgrip strength. The improvement of sleep duration should be considered a target in early preventive and administrative strategies against the development of handgrip strength decline and further reduced the occurrence of sarcopenia.
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- Xiaoling Lv
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Lab of Geriatrics and Geriatrics Institute of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Lab of Geriatrics and Geriatrics Institute of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The Third People's Hospital of Hangzhou, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Lab of Geriatrics and Geriatrics Institute of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Lieber SB, Lipschultz RA, Syed S, Rajan M, Venkatraman S, Lin M, Reid MC, Lue NF, Mandl LA. Association of phenotypic frailty and hand grip strength with telomere length in SLE. Lupus Sci Med 2024; 11:e001008. [PMID: 38519061 PMCID: PMC10961526 DOI: 10.1136/lupus-2023-001008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/09/2023] [Indexed: 03/24/2024]
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OBJECTIVE Frailty and objective hand grip strength (one of the components of the frailty phenotype) are both risk factors for worse health outcomes in SLE. Whether telomere length, an established cellular senescence marker, is a biologic correlate of the frailty phenotype and hand grip strength in patients with SLE is not clear. First, we aimed to evaluate differences in telomere length between frail and non-frail women with SLE and then assessed whether frailty or hand grip strength is differentially associated with telomere length after adjusting for relevant confounders. METHODS Women ≥18 years of age with validated SLE enrolled at a single medical centre. Fried frailty status (which includes hand grip strength), clinical characteristics and telomere length were assessed cross-sectionally. Differences between frail and non-frail participants were evaluated using Fisher's exact or Wilcoxon rank-sum tests. The associations between frailty and hand grip strength and telomere length were determined using linear regression. RESULTS Of the 150 enrolled participants, 131 had sufficient data for determination of frailty classification; 26% were frail with a median age of 45 years. There was a non-significant trend towards shorter telomere length in frail versus non-frail participants (p=0.07). Hand grip strength was significantly associated with telomere length (beta coefficient 0.02, 95% CI 0.004, 0.04), including after adjustment for age, SLE disease activity and organ damage, and comorbidity (beta coefficient 0.02, 95% CI 0.002, 0.04). CONCLUSIONS Decreased hand grip strength, but not frailty, was independently associated with shortened telomere length in a cohort of non-elderly women with SLE. Frailty in this middle-aged cohort may be multifactorial rather than strictly a manifestation of accelerated ageing.
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- Sarah B Lieber
- Division of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York city, New York, USA
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York city, New York, USA
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- New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York city, New York, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology and Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York city, New York, USA
- Division of General Internal Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York city, New York, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York city, New York, USA
- Division of General Internal Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York city, New York, USA
- Department of Statistics and Data Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
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- Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York city, New York, USA
- Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York city, New York, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York city, New York, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York city, New York, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York city, New York, USA
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York city, New York, USA
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Kirk B, Kuo CL, Xiang M, Duque G. Associations between leukocyte telomere length and osteosarcopenia in 20,400 adults aged 60 years and over: Data from the UK Biobank. Bone 2022; 161:116425. [PMID: 35489708 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2022.116425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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PURPOSE Two mechanisms implicated in telomere shortening are oxidative stress and inflammation, both of which are linked to bone and muscle loss suggesting a pathological link between telomere attrition and osteosarcopenia. Using older adults aged 60 years and over in the UK Biobank, we examined the association between leukocyte telomere length and osteosarcopenia. METHODS Baseline leukocyte telomere length was measured using a multiplex qPCR technique and expressed as the amount of the telomere amplification product (T) to that of a single-copy gene (S) (T/S ratio). Osteosarcopenia data was from the first imaging visit and defined by WHO criteria (femoral neck bone density T score ≤ -1) for osteopenia/osteoporosis plus either the EWGSOP2 (low appendicular lean mass/height2 and low grip strength) or SDOC (low grip strength and slow walking pace) criteria for sarcopenia. Binary or multinomial logistic regression models were used to associate telomere length and osteosarcopenia or its components, adjusting for the covariates: age, sex, race, education, Townsend deprivation index, alcohol, smoking, BMI/weight, physical activity levels. RESULTS Among 20,400 older adults (mean age: 67.79 ± 4.9 years, 53% men), the prevalence of osteosarcopenia by EWGSOP2 (n = 96, 0.47%) or SDOC (n = 205, 1%) criteria was low at the first imaging visit (mean 8.82 years after baseline). Baseline telomere length was not associated with osteosarcopenia by EWGSOP2 (Relative Risk (RR): 1.00, 95% CI: 0.82-1.23 comparing osteosarcopenia to normal (non-osteopenic, non-osteoporotic, and non-sarcopenic) per Standard Deviation (SD) increase in telomere length) or SDOC (RR: 0.95, 95% CI: 0.83-1.09) criteria. Longer telomere length was associated with a lower risk of slow walking pace (Odds Ratio: 0.92, 95% CI: 0.87-0.99 per SD increase in telomere length, p = 0.021). Telomere length, however, was not associated with low grip strength, low bone density or low appendicular lean mass/height2 (p > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS In this population-based study, telomere length was not associated with osteosarcopenia; however, slow walking pace was. Further studies are needed to reexamine this relationship, including a greater number of the oldest-old (≥75 years) where osteosarcopenia is more prevalent.
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- Ben Kirk
- Department of Medicine, Western Health, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, St Albans, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science (AIMSS), University of Melbourne and Western Health, St Albans, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Connecticut Convergence Institute for Translation in Regenerative Engineering, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, United States of America; Center on Aging, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, United States of America
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- Connecticut Convergence Institute for Translation in Regenerative Engineering, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Western Health, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, St Albans, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science (AIMSS), University of Melbourne and Western Health, St Albans, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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