TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of metabolic syndrome, adiposity, and inflammation in physical performance in the health ABC study
AU - Beavers, Kristen M.
AU - Hsu, Fang Chi
AU - Houston, Denise K.
AU - Beavers, Daniel P.
AU - Harris, Tamara B.
AU - Hue, Trisha F.
AU - Kim, Lauren J.
AU - Koster, Annemarie
AU - Penninx, Brenda W.
AU - Simonsick, Eleanor M.
AU - Strotmeyer, Elsa S.
AU - Kritchevsky, Stephen B.
AU - Nicklas, Barbara J.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding This work was supported by National Institute on Aging (NIA) grants N01-AG-6-2101, N01-AG-6-2103, N01-AG-6-2106, and NIA grant R01-AG028050; National Institute on Nursing Research (NINR) grant R01-NR012459; Intramural Research Program of the NIH, National Institute on Aging, as well as an individual postdoctoral fellowship (F32-AG039186) awarded to KMB.
PY - 2013/5
Y1 - 2013/5
N2 - Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) and functional limitation have been linked, but whether and how specific components of MetS and associated factors, such as inflammation, drive this relationship is unknown.Methods: Data are from 2,822 men and women, aged 70-79 years, participating in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition (Health ABC) study and followed for 5 years. Presence of MetS at baseline was defined according to the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines. Interleukin-6, C-reactive protein, and body fat mass were measured at baseline. Measures of physical performance, including 400-m walk time, 20-m walking speed, and the Health ABC physical performance battery (PPB) were obtained at baseline and examination years 2, 4, and 6.Results: A total of 1,036 (37%) individuals met criteria for MetS. MetS was associated with poorer physical performance at baseline. Effect estimates between MetS and gait speed, and components of the Health ABC PPB (standing balance and repeated sit-to-stand performance) were modestly attenuated after adjustment for inflammation. All associations were attenuated to nonsignificance after adding total body fat mass to the model. Longitudinal analyses yielded similar results. Individual MetS component analysis revealed that abdominal obesity explained the largest fraction of the variation in physical performance.Conclusions: Although inflammatory biomarkers partially accounted for the relationship between MetS and aspects of physical performance, overall findings implicate adiposity as the primary factor explaining poorer physical performance in older adults with MetS.
AB - Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) and functional limitation have been linked, but whether and how specific components of MetS and associated factors, such as inflammation, drive this relationship is unknown.Methods: Data are from 2,822 men and women, aged 70-79 years, participating in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition (Health ABC) study and followed for 5 years. Presence of MetS at baseline was defined according to the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines. Interleukin-6, C-reactive protein, and body fat mass were measured at baseline. Measures of physical performance, including 400-m walk time, 20-m walking speed, and the Health ABC physical performance battery (PPB) were obtained at baseline and examination years 2, 4, and 6.Results: A total of 1,036 (37%) individuals met criteria for MetS. MetS was associated with poorer physical performance at baseline. Effect estimates between MetS and gait speed, and components of the Health ABC PPB (standing balance and repeated sit-to-stand performance) were modestly attenuated after adjustment for inflammation. All associations were attenuated to nonsignificance after adding total body fat mass to the model. Longitudinal analyses yielded similar results. Individual MetS component analysis revealed that abdominal obesity explained the largest fraction of the variation in physical performance.Conclusions: Although inflammatory biomarkers partially accounted for the relationship between MetS and aspects of physical performance, overall findings implicate adiposity as the primary factor explaining poorer physical performance in older adults with MetS.
KW - Inflammation
KW - Metabolic syndrome
KW - Obesity.
KW - Physical function
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U2 - 10.1093/gerona/gls213
DO - 10.1093/gerona/gls213
M3 - Article
C2 - 23109678
AN - SCOPUS:84876219809
SN - 1079-5006
VL - 68
SP - 617
EP - 623
JO - Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
JF - Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
IS - 5
ER -