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- Title
Sarcopenia Is Associated With Lower Skeletal Muscle Capillarization and Exercise Capacity in Older Adults.
- Authors
Prior, Steven J.; Ryan, Alice S.; Blumenthal, Jacob B.; Watson, Jonathan M.; Katzel, Leslie I.; Goldberg, Andrew P.
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Skeletal muscle capillary rarefaction limits the transcapillary transport of nutrients and oxygen to muscle and may contribute to sarcopenia and functional impairment in older adults. We tested the hypothesis that skeletal muscle capillarization and exercise capacity (VO2max) are lower in sarcopenic than in nonsarcopenic older adults and that the degree of sarcopenia is related to lower skeletal muscle capillarization.<bold>Methods: </bold>Body composition, VO2max, and vastus lateralis capillarization were determined in 76 middle-aged and older men and women (age = 61±1 years, body mass index [BMI] = 30.7±0.5kg/m(2) [mean ± SEM]). Participants were classified as sarcopenic if appendicular lean mass divided by BMI (ALMBMI) was less than 0.789 for men or less than 0.512 for women.<bold>Results: </bold>Sarcopenic subjects (ALMBMI = 0.65±0.04, n = 16) had 20% lower capillary-to-fiber ratio, as well as 13% and 15% lower VO2max expressed as mL/kg/min or L/min, respectively, compared with sex-, race-, and age-matched participants without sarcopenia (ALMBMI = 0.81±0.05, n = 16; p < .05). In all 76 subjects, ALMBMI, thigh muscle cross-sectional area, and VO2max correlated directly with capillarization (r = .30-.37, p ≤ .05), after accounting for age, sex, and race.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>These findings suggest that low skeletal muscle capillarization is one factor that may contribute to sarcopenia and reduced exercise capacity in older adults by limiting diffusion of substrates, oxygen, hormones, and nutrients. Strategies to prevent the aging-related decline in skeletal muscle capillarization may help to prevent or slow the progression of sarcopenia and its associated functional declines in generally healthy older adults.
- Subjects
SKELETAL muscle physiology; SARCOPENIA; VASCULAR resistance; CARDIOVASCULAR system physiology; OLDER people &; society; DISEASE risk factors; GERIATRIC assessment; AGING; BODY composition; CAPILLARIES; COMPARATIVE studies; EXERCISE; EXERCISE tests; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; MUSCLE strength; RESEARCH; RESEARCH funding; EVALUATION research; BODY mass index; CROSS-sectional method; SKELETAL muscle; DIAGNOSIS; PREVENTION
- Publication
Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences & Medical Sciences, 2016, Vol 71, Issue 8, p1096
- ISSN
1079-5006
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/gerona/glw017