Muscle Mass Reference Values of Greek Adult Population: A Cross-Sectional Study for Sarcopenia Definition in Greece.

IF 1.9 4区医学 Q4 NEUROSCIENCES

Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions Pub Date : 2025-12-01

George Soulis, Eleni Zigkiri, Stany Perkisas, Konstantina Antoniou, Athena Maniati, Antonis Galanos, Efstratios Georgiadis, Anastasia Koutsouri

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Objectives: Sarcopenia is a condition of the musculoskeletal system that has three distinctive dimensions: muscle strength, muscle mass and muscle performance. We need to accurately define it considering population particularities at national level. The aim of this study is measuring muscle mass variables in healthy young Greek population and set their reference values.

Methods: Between June 2020 and June 2022, we recruited (convenience sampling) 185 healthy adults (103 males and 82 females) measured their body composition using two different methods. Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) and Dual Energy X - Ray Absorptiometry (DXA). We calculated cut-off values as mean - 2 SDs.

Results: Appendicular Lean Mass Index cut-off values for Greek males are 5.61 kg/m2 and 4.06 kg/m2 for females, Skeletal Muscle Mass Index cut-off values are 9.66 kg/m2 for males and 7.83 kg/m2 for females.

Conclusions: We estimated cut-off values of normal skeletal muscle mass values in a rather selected sample of healthy Greek adult population. Since to our knowledge this is the first study of this type in Greece, these values are a useful tool towards better defining sarcopenia, but there is need to validate them in studies including rural and urban population and in sarcopenia studies in older people.

Clinicaltrials: gov ID: NCT04584944.

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希腊成年人肌肉质量参考值：希腊肌少症定义的横断面研究。

目的：肌少症是一种肌肉骨骼系统的状况，它有三个不同的维度：肌肉力量，肌肉质量和肌肉性能。我们需要考虑到国家层面的人口特点来准确地定义它。本研究的目的是测量希腊健康青年人群的肌肉质量变量，并设定其参考值。方法：在2020年6月至2022年6月期间，我们招募（方便抽样）185名健康成年人（103名男性，82名女性），使用两种不同的方法测量他们的身体成分。生物电阻抗分析（BIA）和双能X射线吸收测定（DXA）。我们计算截止值为均值- 2标准差。结果：希腊男性的阑尾瘦肉质量指数截断值为5.61 kg/m2，女性为4.06 kg/m2；男性的骨骼肌质量指数截断值为9.66 kg/m2，女性为7.83 kg/m2。结论：我们估计正常骨骼肌质量值的临界值在一个相当选定的健康的希腊成年人口样本。据我们所知，这是希腊第一个此类研究，这些值是更好地定义肌肉减少症的有用工具，但需要在包括农村和城市人口以及老年人肌肉减少症研究中验证它们。临床试验：gov ID: NCT04584944。

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Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions NEUROSCIENCES-PHYSIOLOGY

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions (JMNI) is an academic journal dealing with the pathophysiology and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders. It is published quarterly (months of issue March, June, September, December). Its purpose is to publish original, peer-reviewed papers of research and clinical experience in all areas of the musculoskeletal system and its interactions with the nervous system, especially metabolic bone diseases, with particular emphasis on osteoporosis. Additionally, JMNI publishes the Abstracts from the biannual meetings of the International Society of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions, and hosts Abstracts of other meetings on topics related to the aims and scope of JMNI.