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Musculoskeletal deterioration in men accompanies increases in body fat

journal contribution
posted on 2014-03-01, 00:00 authored by Julie PascoJulie Pasco, Haslinda Gould, Sharon Brennan-Olsen, G Nicholson, Mark KotowiczMark Kotowicz
Objective
To examine body fat and musculoskeletal changes in men over 5 years.

Methods

Body composition was evaluated for men in the Geelong Osteoporosis Study using whole body dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) during two time-periods. DXA was performed for 1329 men (25-96 years) during 2001-2006 and for 900 men (25-98 years), 2006-2011. The masses of fat, lean, and bone were expressed relative to the square of height (kg/m2). Each compartment was also expressed as a percentage relative to body weight (�t, %lean, %bone).

Results

Mean BMI increased from 26.9 kg/m2 in 2001-2006, to 27.2 kg/m2 in 2006-2011 (P = 0.04). Mean fat mass increased by 9.0% from 6.98 kg/m2 (95%CI 6.84-7.11) in 2001-2006, to 7.60 kg/m2 (7.44-7.77) in 2006-2011 (P < 0.001); mean lean mass decreased by 0.9%, from 18.92 kg/m2 (18.83-19.01) to 18.75 kg/m2 (18.64-18.86) (P = 0.02), and mean bone mass decreased 1.6% from 1.041 kg/m2 (1.034-1.047), to 1.024 kg/m2 (1.016-1.032). Mean �t increased from 23.4% to 25.2%, mean %lean decreased from 72.6% to 70.9% and mean %bone decreased from 4.0% to 3.9% (all P < 0.05).

Conclusions

An increase in BMI, which reflects a substantial increase in body fat mass and declines in both lean and bone mass was reported. This may have implications for future development of bone fragility, sarcopenia, and sarcopenic obesity.

History

Journal

Obesity: a research journal

Volume

22

Pagination

863 - 867

Location

Malden, Mass.

Open access

  • Yes

ISSN

1930-7381

eISSN

1930-739X

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2014, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing