title: [Sarcopenia in the elderly with a history of COPD/asthma: Results of the SABE-Bogotá study].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  It has been reported that sarcopenia frequently co-exists with COPD/asthma, and can significantly affect quality of life and the control of chronic diseases. The aim of this study is to describe the association between COPD/asthma and sarcopenia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data was used from the SABE-Bogotá study, which included 2,000 older adults aged 60 years or more. It is a cross-probabilistic cluster sample with 81.9% coverage. The dependent variable was COPD/asthma. An analysis was performed to determine the association with sarcopenia and the other variables using univariate and bivariate analysis and logistic regression adjusted to confusion variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The self-reported prevalence of COPD/asthma in the total sample was 16.7%, and Sarcopenia was estimated as 6,96%, but in COPD/asthma patients it was 11.2% (P=.004). In the multivariate analysis an association was found between COPD/asthma and sarcopenia (2.01, 95% CI: 1,21-3,35).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Screening of sarcopenia in older adults with COPD/asthma, as well as interventions such as nutrition and exercise, are important, and ideally in the context of pulmonary rehabilitation programs, due the significant independent association that was found between COPD/asthma and sarcopenia.
authors.affiliation: Semillero de Neurociencias y Envejecimiento, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia; Unidad de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá D.C., Colombia; Instituto de Envejecimiento, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia. Electronic address: mmborda@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Miguel Germán
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Borda
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Neumología, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá D.C., Colombia.
authors.forename: Carlos Andrés
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Celis-Preciado
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Investigación en Epidemiología Geriátrica, Instituto Nacional de Geriatría, Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: Mario Ulises
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Pérez-Zepeda
authors.affiliation: Semillero de Neurociencias y Envejecimiento, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Julián David
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Ríos-Zuluaga
authors.affiliation: Semillero de Neurociencias y Envejecimiento, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia; Unidad de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá D.C., Colombia; Instituto de Envejecimiento, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Carlos Alberto
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Cano-Gutiérrez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications*; D003105:Colombia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications*; D055948:Sarcopenia / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: Aged; Anciano; Asma; Asthma; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Enfermedad Pulmonar Obstructiva Crónica; Pulmonary rehabilitation; Rehabilitación pulmonar; Sarcopenia