Association between sedentary behavior and dynapenic abdominal obesity among older adults from low- and middle-income countries

Lee Smith; Guillermo F López Sánchez; Masoud Rahmati; Mark A Tully; Damiano Pizzol; Nicola Veronese; Pinar Soysal; Karel Kostev; Dong Keon Yon; Laurie Butler; Jae Il Shin; Ai Koyanagi

doi:10.1007/s40520-024-02763-1

Association between sedentary behavior and dynapenic abdominal obesity among older adults from low- and middle-income countries

Lee Smith
, Guillermo F López Sánchez
, Masoud Rahmati
, Mark A Tully
, Damiano Pizzol
, Nicola Veronese
, Pinar Soysal
, Karel Kostev
, Dong Keon Yon
, Laurie Butler
, Jae Il Shin
, Ai Koyanagi

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Sedentary behavior, or time spent sitting, may increase risk for dynapenic abdominal obesity (DAO), but there are currently no studies on this topic.

AIMS: Therefore, we investigated the association between sedentary behaviour and DAO in a nationally representative sample of older adults from six low- and middle-income countries.

METHODS: Cross-sectional data from the Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health were analysed. Dynapenia was defined as handgrip strength < 26 kg for men and < 16 kg for women. Abdominal obesity was defined as waist circumference of > 88 cm (> 80 cm for Asian countries) for women and > 102 cm (> 90 cm) for men. DAO was defined as having both dynapenia and abdominal obesity. Self-reported sedentary behavior was categorized as ≥ 8 h/day (high sedentary behaviour) or < 8 h/day. Multivariable multinomial logistic regression was conducted.

RESULTS: Data on 20,198 adults aged ≥ 60 years were analyzed [mean (SD) age 69.3 (13.1) years; 54.1% females]. In the overall sample, ≥ 8 h of sedentary behavior per day (vs. <8 h) was significantly associated with 1.52 (95%CI = 1.11-2.07) times higher odds for DAO (vs. no dynapenia and no abdominal obesity), and this was particularly pronounced among males (OR = 2.27; 95%CI = 1.42-3.62). Highly sedentary behavior was not significantly associated with dynapenia alone or abdominal obesity alone.

DISCUSSION: High sedentary behaviour may increase risk for DAO among older adults.

CONCLUSIONS: Interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour may also lead to reduction of DAO and its adverse health outcomes, especially among males, pending future longitudinal research.

Original language	English
Article number	109
Pages (from-to)	1-9
Number of pages	9
Journal	Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
Volume	36
Issue number	1
Early online date	11 May 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-024-02763-1
Publication status	Published online - 11 May 2024

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© The Author(s) 2024.

Data Availability Statement

No datasets were generated or analysed during the current study.

Funding

Dr. Guillermo F. López Sánchez is funded by the European Union – Next Generation EU. Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature.

Funders	Funder number
European Commission
National Institute on Aging	R01-AG034479, YA1323–08-CN-0020, OGHA 04034785, Y1-AG-1005–01, R21-AG034263
National Institute on Aging

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Humans
Sedentary Behavior
Male
Obesity, Abdominal/epidemiology
Female
Aged
Cross-Sectional Studies
Middle Aged
Hand Strength/physiology
Developing Countries
Aged, 80 and over
Waist Circumference
Dynapenic abdominal obesity
Sitting time
Older adults
Low- and middle-income countries
Epidemiology

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Smith, L., López Sánchez, G. F., Rahmati, M., Tully, M. A., Pizzol, D., Veronese, N., Soysal, P., Kostev, K., Yon, D. K., Butler, L., Shin, J. I., & Koyanagi, A. (2024). Association between sedentary behavior and dynapenic abdominal obesity among older adults from low- and middle-income countries. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research , 36(1), 1-9. Article 109. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-024-02763-1

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Association between sedentary behavior and dynapenic abdominal obesity among older adults from low- and middle-income countries

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