Affiliation:
1. Department of Epidemiology University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA
2. Tobago Health Studies Office Scarborough Trinidad and Tobago
Abstract
AbstractObjectiveSkeletal muscle adiposity (myosteatosis) is recognized as a major risk factor for cardiometabolic diseases, and it increases with aging. The relationship of myosteatosis with cognitive impairment is unknown.MethodsThe association of calf myosteatosis (measured by computed tomography‐derived skeletal muscle density; higher values indicate less myosteatosis) with cognitive function was examined among 626 African Caribbean women who were aged 40 to 84 years, a population highly vulnerable to increased myosteatosis. Cognition was assessed by the Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST), a test of information processing speed (higher scores indicate better performance). Linear regression was used to assess the association of muscle density with DSST.ResultsAdjusting for age, education, muscle area, BMI, hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular event history, lifestyle factors, lipid‐lowering medication use, and menopausal status, a one‐SD lower muscle density was associated with a 1.69‐point lower DSST score (p = 0.002). BMI, diabetes, and hypertension interactions were not statistically significant, suggesting that the main association was not moderated by overall obesity or cardiometabolic diseases.ConclusionsThese findings suggest that greater myosteatosis is associated with slower information processing speed, an early indicator of cognitive impairment. Further studies are needed to establish this association in this and other populations using an expanded battery of cognitive tests with longitudinal follow‐up and to identify the biological mechanisms underlying this relationship.
Funder
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Subject
Nutrition and Dietetics,Endocrinology,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism,Medicine (miscellaneous)
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