Orianny Nágela Batista Santos
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Bruna Yhang da Costa Silva
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Thais Ariele Lima Chaves
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Ozianne Kelly Vidal Oliveira
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Jane Karine da Silva
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Introduction: The loss of muscle mass is an expected consequence of aging, but excess adiposity
has also been increasing in this age group. Both in isolation compromise health and quality of
life, but a greater impact happens when they associate. Objective: To verify the prevalence of
risk for sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity among elderly in the municipality of Morada Nova-CE.
Methods: Quantitative, transversal, descriptive and analytical study. Simple Questionnaire to
Rapidly Diagnosed Sarcopenia (SARC-F) was applied. After, weight, height, calf circumference (CP)
and triceps skinfolds (DCT), bicipital, subscapular and supra iliac were collected for diagnoses of
nutritional status, sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity. In descriptive statistics, mean and standard
deviation were calculated. In inferential statistics, Pearson’s correlation tests, ANOVA and chisquare were applied. Results: A total of 121 elderly people aged 60 or over and of both sexes
participated in the study. The majority of the elderly people (72%, n = 87) were female, with a mean
age of 68.8 ± 6.18 years, ranging from 60 to 86 years. The main findings were: predominance
of BMI eutrophy, obesity due to DCT adequacy and percentage of fat (% GC), absence of muscle
mass depletion, sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity. Conclusions: Most elderly people did not
have sarcopenia or sarcopenic obesity. No association was found between these two diagnoses,
nor between the results of SARC-F and CP. Women were more likely to have sarcopenia than
men. We suggest studies that allow the establishment of consensus bridges for the diagnosis of
sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity, as well as studies involving the use of SARC-F for its diffusion
and evaluation of its sensitivity for the diagnosis of sarcopenia.