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- Title
Appendicular skeletal muscle in hospitalised hip-fracture patients: development and cross-validation of anthropometric prediction equations against dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.
- Authors
Villani, Anthony Michael; Crotty, Maria; Cameron, Ian D.; Kurrle, Susan E.; Skuza, Pawel P.; Cleland, Leslie G.; Cobiac, Lynne; Miller, Michelle D.
- Abstract
Background: accurate and practical assessment methods for assessing appendicular skeletal muscle (ASM) is of clinical importance for the diagnosis of geriatric syndromes associated with skeletal muscle wasting.Objectives: the purpose of this study was to develop and cross-validate novel anthropometric prediction equations for the estimate of ASM in older adults post-surgical fixation for hip fracture, using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) as the criterion measure.Subjects: community-dwelling older adults (aged ≥65 years) recently hospitalised for hip fracture.Setting: participants were recruited from hospital in the acute phase of recovery.Design: validation measurement study.Measurements: a total of 79 hip fracture patients were involved in the development of the regression models (MD group). A further 64 hip fracture patients also recruited in the early phase of recovery were used in the cross-validation of the regression models (CV group). Multiple linear regression analyses were undertaken in the MD group to identify the best performing prediction models. The linear coefficient of determination (R2) in addition to the standard error of the estimate (SEE) were calculated to determine the best performing model. Agreement between estimated ASM and ASMDEXA in the CV group was assessed using paired t-tests with the 95% limits of agreement (LOA) assessed using Bland–Altman analyses.Results: the mean age of all the participants was 82.1 ± 7.3 years. The best two prediction models are presented as follows: ASMPRED-EQUATION_1: 22.28 – (0.069 * age) + (0.407 * weight) – (0.807 * BMI) – (0.222 * MAC) (adjusted R2: 0.76; SEE: 1.80 kg); ASMPRED-EQUATION_2: 16.77 – (0.036 * age) + (0.385 * weight) – (0.873 * BMI) (adjusted R2: 0.73; SEE: 1.90 kg). The mean bias from the CV group between ASMDEXA and the predictive equations is as follows: ASMDEXA – ASMPRED-EQUATION_1: 0.29 ± 2.6 kg (LOA: −4.80, 5.40 kg); ASMDEXA – ASMPRED-EQUATION_2: 0.13 ± 2.5 kg (LOA: −4.77, 5.0 kg). No significant difference was observed between measured ASMDEXA and estimated ASM (ASMDEXA: 16.4 ± 3.9 kg; ASMPRED-EQUATION_1: 16.7 ± 3.2 kg (P = 0.379); ASMPRED-EQUATION_2: 16.6 ± 3.2 kg (P = 0.670)).Conclusions: we have developed and cross-validated novel anthropometric prediction equations against DEXA for the estimate of ASM designed for application in older orthopaedic patients. Our equation may be of use as an alternative to DEXA in the diagnosis of skeletal muscle wasting syndromes. Further validation studies are required to determine the clinical utility of our equation across other settings, including hip fracture patients admitted from residential care, and also with a longer-term follow-up.
- Subjects
MUSCULAR atrophy; ANTHROPOMETRY; WASTING syndrome; GERIATRIC assessment; BODY composition; BONE fractures; HIP joint injuries; QUESTIONNAIRES; T-test (Statistics); MULTIPLE regression analysis; DATA analysis software; SKELETAL muscle; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PHOTON absorptiometry; OLD age; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Age & Ageing, 2014, Vol 43, Issue 6, p857
- ISSN
0002-0729
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ageing/afu106