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. 2023 Jan 14;23(1):25.
doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-03734-3.

Relationship between healthy eating index and sarcopenia in elderly people

Seyed Mojtaba Ghoreishy  1 , Soraya Ebrahimpour Koujan  2 , Rezvan Hashemi  3 , Ramin Heshmat  4 , Ahmadreza Dorosty Motlagh  2 , Ahmad Esmaillzadeh  5   6   7
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Relationship between healthy eating index and sarcopenia in elderly people

Seyed Mojtaba Ghoreishy et al. BMC Geriatr. .

Abstract

Background: Data on the association of Alternative Healthy Eating Index-2010 (AHEI-2010) with sarcopenia are scarce. We aimed to evaluate the association between adherence to AHEI-2010 and sarcopenia and its components including low muscle mass, low muscle strength, and low muscle performance among elderly people.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, which was conducted on 300 older people (150 men and 150 women) aged ≥55 years. Dietary information was done using a valid 117-item food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). To construct AHEI-2010 score, earlier studies were used. Sarcopenia and its components were described based on both former and new European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) guidelines.

Results: We found no significant association between AHEI-2010 score and odds of EWGSOP2-sarcopenia, either before (OR for the highest vs. lowest tertiles: 0.55; 95% CI: 0.19, 1.55) or after (OR: 0.44; 95% CI: 0.14, 1.34) adjustment for confounders. In gender-stratified analyses, we found a significant protective association between adherence to the AHEI-2010 score and odds of EWGSOP2-sarcopenia among women after controlling for confounders (0.20; 95%CI: 0.04, 0.91).

Conclusions: In conclusion, healthy eating was inversely associated with odds of sarcopenia among women, but not in men. Further studies with a large sample size and prospective design are needed to examine this association.

Keywords: Alternative healthy eating index; Cross-sectional; Diet; Muscle mass; Muscle strength; Sarcopenia.

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The authors declared no conflicts of interest.

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