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A BSTRACTS
The incidence of the high occurrence outcomes were chronic
pain (22.3%), neurological problems (20.4%), and depression/anxiety
(14.1%). Patients above 60 years of age had significantly lower incidence
of chronic pain (p = 0.0129), depression/anxiety (p = 0.0017),
and neurological problems (p = 0.015).
Conclusions:
Patients above 60 years of age had lower incidences of all outcomes,
possibly because of their retired lifestyle being less stressful
and less physically demanding. Another contributing factor is older
patients having more severe health problems such that these outcomes
go unrecognized. In addition, cultural differences between
generations may mean that the older generation is more tolerant of
pain and less likely to seek care for these symptoms.
Presidential Poster Session B
Thursday, May 3
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
B1
Are osteosarcopenia, sarcopenia and osteoporosis different
syndromes? Results from the Women’s Health and Aging Study
(WHAS) II.
A. Frisoli, 1,2 A. Diniz, 1 J. Diniz, 1 S. Inghan, 1 P. Chaves. 2 1. Cardiology
Division, Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; 2. Center
on Aging and Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Substantial heterogeneity is observed among sarcopenic and osteoporotic
patients, however, the concomitant occurrence of these
two syndromes has not been evaluated. The goal of this study was to
examine the body composition and muscle strength profile among osteoporosis,
sarcopenia and osteosarcopenia in community-dwelling
older women.
Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of data from WHAS 2, an observational
study of the epidemiology of disability onset in community-dwelling
older women, Baltimore, USA. The analytic sample for
this study included all women who underwent DEXA evaluation and
had available data on fat, muscle and bone mass (n=248). Osteoporosis
was defined as a bone mineral density (BMD) t-score