Gender Differences in the Association Between Sarcopenia and Depressive Symptoms Among Community-Dwelling Older People in a Chinese Suburban Area

Abstract

Sarcopenia and depressive symptoms are common disorders in older people; however, there is lacking for studies focus on the association between sarcopenia and depressive symptoms by gender. Thus, we investigate gender differences in the association between sarcopenia and depressive symptoms. Methods: 1119 participants aged ≥65 were included in our study. Sarcopenia was defined as no sarcopenia, possible sarcopenia, general sarcopenia, and severe sarcopenia by the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia 2019 consensus. Depressive symptoms were assessed by the Geriatric Depression Scale-15. The logistic regression analysis was used to identify the association between sarcopenia and depressive symptoms. Results: No sarcopenia and severe sarcopenia were significantly inversely and positively associated with depressive symptoms only in women. In men, low appendicular skeletal muscle mass index was significantly inversely associated with depressive symptoms. In women, low gait speed was significantly inversely associated with depressive symptoms, while poor 5-time chair stand test was significantly positively associated with depressive symptoms. Conclusion: Our study found that sarcopenia and its diagnostic elements were significantly associated with depressive symptoms in men or women. Interventions for muscle mass and physical performance are necessary for sarcopenia to prevent the development of depressive symptoms timely.

Análisis de la relación entre sarcopenia y síntomas depresivos en adultos mayores: una revisión de alcance

“…(Z. Chen et al, 2022;Cheng et al, 2021;Darroch et al, 2022;de Souza et al, 2021;Delibaş et al, 2021;Gao et al, 2021;He et al, 2022;Jin et al, 2021;Kirk et al, 2021;Kitamura et al, 2020;Kurita et al, 2021;Lee & Lee, 2023;Lin et al, 2022;Lu et al, 2023;Nunes et al, 2021;Suzan et al, 2022;Tan et al, 2022;Zhang et al, 2022). En la tabla 1 se muestran las características y principales resultados de los estudios que incluyeron un análisis transversal.…”

“…Sobre esta línea de investigación, Jin et al (2021), Lu et al (2023), Tan et al (2022) y Zhang et al (2022), encontraron que las alteraciones en alguno de los componentes de la sarcopenia (masa muscular, fuerza y rendimiento físico) incrementaba la probabilidad de presentar síntomas depresivos en los AM.…”