Volume 24, Issue 103, May - June, 2020

Prevalence of Sarcopenia and its relation to Vitamin D in elderly females

Walaa W. Aly^1♦, Abeer Hassan Mohamed¹, Tamer Mohamed Farid¹, Ahmed K. Mortagy¹, Wessam El Sayed Saad²

¹Geriatric and Gerontology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University
²Clinical Pathology Department, Ain Shams University Hospitals

^♦Corresponding author
Geriatric and Gerontology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Egypt. Email: walaa.wessam@med.asu.edu.eg

ABSTRACT

Objectives: To determine prevalence of sarcopenia in elderly females and to detect relationship between sarcopenia and serum vitamin D level. Methods: A two Phase’s study which compromised: Phase 1: cross-sectional study on 350 elderly females to detect prevalence of sarcopenia in elderly females and Phase 2: case-control study to detect relation between sarcopenia and serum vitamin D level. Assessment of muscle mass was done using Bio Electrical Impedence Analysis (BIA). Assessment of hand grip strength by a Jammar Hand held Dynamometer, Assessment of muscle performance by the Timed Get-Up-and-Go (TGUG) test. Laboratorial Measurement of serum 25- Hydroxy Vitamin D is by (ELISA) technique. Results: Prevalence of sarcopenia in elderly females was 11.7% and 9.1% of them have severe sarcopenia. No statistically significant difference was found between sarcopenic and non-sarcopenic as regard serum vitamin D level, while a highly significant difference was found between sarcopenic and non sarcopenic as regard the mean weight, mean fat level and mean FFM, the mean BMI, and mean bone mass, all being lower in sarcopenic in comparison to non- sarcopenic females. Conclusion: Prevalence of sarcopenia in community dwelling elderly females was 11.7%, no statistically significant difference was found between sarcopenic and non-sarcopenic as regard serum vitamin D level.

Keywords: Sarcopenia, Vitamin D, Elderly females

Medical Science, 2020, 24(103), 1276-1286

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