The Relationship Between Skeletal Muscle Reduction And Atherosclerosis In The Elderly

Objective Explore the relationship between skeletal muscle reduction and atherosclerosis in the elderly.Method From January 2017 to February 2018,200 elderly patients were selected from the people’s Hospital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous region,Based on whether they have sarcopenia or not,divided into sarcopenia group(n=99)and non sarcopenia group(n=105),all participants underwent physical examination,bone mineral density examination,and laboratory examination.Results There was no significant difference in Body weight,abdominal circum ference,AST,ALT,TBil,creatinine,Cystatin C,serumuric acid,TC,HDL-C,systolic blood pressure,diastolic blood pressure,smoking history,drinking history(P>0.05).The differences of Gender,age,height,BMI,limb muscle mass(ASM),Carotid intima-media thickness(cIMT),Crouse integral,semi quantitative integration,grade integration,plaque number,TG and LDL-C in the two groups were statistically significant(P<0.05).Spearman rank correlation analysis showed that RSMI was negatively correlated with sex,age,BMI,cIMT,Crouse score,semi quantitative integration,grade score,number of plaques and TG,and there is a positive correlation with height and ASM(P<0.05),but not related to LDL(P>0.05).Multiple linear regression results showed that gender,height,ASM,cIMT,semi quantitative integration,grade integration,and the number of plaques were RSMI factors.Conclusions Sarcopenia is associated with the degree of atherosclerosis in the elderly,and the risk of sarcopenia in women is higher than that of men.