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- Title
Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy as a Screening Tool for Osteosarcopenia in Community-Dwelling Older Women.
- Authors
Freitas, Raysa Vanessa de Medeiros; de Freitas, Daniel Lucas Dantas; de Oliveira, Igor Rafael Damasceno; dos Santos Gomes, Cristiano; Guerra, Gerlane Coelho Bernardo; Dantas, Paulo Moreira Silva; da Silva, Tales Gomes; Duque, Gustavo; de Lima, Kassio Michell Gomes; Guerra, Ricardo Oliveira
- Abstract
Osteosarcopenia is a complex geriatric syndrome characterized by the presence of both sarcopenia and osteopenia/osteoporosis. This condition increases rates of disability, falls, fractures, mortality, and mobility impairments in older adults. The purpose of this study was to analyze the Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy diagnostic power for osteosarcopenia in community-dwelling older women (n = 64; 32 osteosarcopenic and 32 non-osteosarcopenia). FTIR is a fast and reproducible technique highly sensitive to biological tissues, and a mathematical model was created using multivariate classification techniques that denoted the graphic spectra of the molecular groups. Genetic algorithm and support vector machine regression (GA–SVM) was the most feasible model, achieving 80.0% of accuracy. GA–SVM identified 15 wave numbers responsible for class differentiation, in which several amino acids (responsible for the proper activation of the mammalian target of rapamycin) and hydroxyapatite (an inorganic bone component) were observed. Imaging tests and low availability of instruments that allow the observation of osteosarcopenia involve high health costs for patients and restrictive indications. Therefore, FTIR can be used to diagnose osteosarcopenia due to its efficiency and low cost and to enable early detection in geriatric services, contributing to advances in science and technology that are potential "conventional" methods in the future.
- Subjects
INFRARED spectroscopy; OLDER women; MOLECULAR spectra; SUPPORT vector machines; TISSUES
- Publication
Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences & Medical Sciences, 2023, Vol 78, Issue 9, p1543
- ISSN
1079-5006
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/gerona/glad081