背景:骨骼肌随着衰老而变化,导致老年人群中的肌肉减少症,影响呼吸肌质量,力量,和功能。根据肌肉减少症的识别,需要用于呼吸性肌肉减少症(RS)诊断的最大呼气流速(PEFR)的最佳截止点。
目的:为社区居住的亚洲老年女性建立一个最佳的PEFR诊断临界点。
方法:根据亚洲工作组2019年肌肉减少症(AWGS)标准评估肌肉减少症诊断指标。通过评估最大吸气压力(MIP)来评估由呼吸肌强度和呼吸功能组成的呼吸参数。预测用力肺活量百分比(PredFVC),PEFR。
结果:本研究共纳入了325名社区居住的老年妇女。PEFR与RS呈负相关(OR:0.440;95%CI:0.344-0.564)。PEFR的曲线下面积(AUC)为0.772(p<0.001)。用于RS诊断的PEFR的最佳截止点为3.4l/s(灵敏度,63.8%;特异性,77.3%)。发现稳健,可能的肌少症,少肌症,和RS组在肌肉减少症诊断指标和呼吸参数方面(p<0.05)。
结论:PEFR的临界点可作为RS诊断的合理标准。这项研究发现可以作为制定老年女性RS具体标准的基石,支持临床判断,这对于通过准确诊断提供适当的治疗至关重要。
BACKGROUND: The skeletal muscle changes as aging progresses, causing sarcopenia in the older adult population, which affects the respiratory muscles\' mass, strength, and function. The optimal cut-off point of peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) for respiratory sarcopenia (RS) diagnosis in accordance with sarcopenia identification is needed.
OBJECTIVE: To establish an optimal cut-off point of PEFR for RS diagnosis in community-dwelling Asian older women.
METHODS: Sarcopenia diagnostic indicators were evaluated according to the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia 2019 (AWGS) criteria. The respiratory parameters composed of respiratory muscle strength and respiratory function were evaluated by assessing maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP), percent predicted forced vital capacity (Pred FVC), and PEFR.
RESULTS: A total of 325 community-dwelling older women were included in this study. PEFR was negatively associated with RS (OR: 0.440; 95% CI: 0.344-0.564). The area under the curve (AUC) of PEFR was 0.772 (p < 0.001). The optimal cut-off point of PEFR for RS diagnosis was 3.4 l/s (sensitivity, 63.8%; specificity, 77.3%). Significant differences were found between the robust, possible sarcopenia, sarcopenia, and RS groups in terms of both sarcopenia diagnostic indicators and respiratory parameters (p < 0.05).
CONCLUSIONS: The cut-off point of PEFR can be used as a reasonable standard for RS diagnosis. This study finding can serve as a cornerstone for developing concrete criteria of RS in older women, supporting clinical judgment, which is crucial for providing appropriate treatment through accurate diagnosis.