Impaired pulmonary function is associated with dynapenia, but not with abdominal obesity and dynapenic abdominal obesity in older adults.
Daniela Gonçalves OharaYasmin P MoreiraCaroline de Fátima Ribeiro SilvaAreolino Pena MatosTatiana O GamaMaurício JamamiAna Carolina Pereira Nunes PintoMaycon Souza PegorariPublished in: European geriatric medicine (2021)
Older adults with abdominal obesity, dynapenia, and DAO presented impaired pulmonary function when compared to those without these conditions. Most of the pulmonary function variables were associated with abdominal obesity, dynapenia, and DAO conditions. However, in the adjusted model, there was an association of reduced FVC, FEV1, and PEF values only with dynapenia.