title: Relationship between major dietary patterns and sarcopenia among menopausal women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Dietary habits have been associated with the prevalence of the sarcopenia and limited data are available in this field for menopausal women. This study focused on the relationship between dietary patterns and prevalence of the sarcopenia in menopausal women.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study was done in 250 menopausal women 45 years old or older. Dietary data were collected using a food-frequency questionnaire and physical activity was assessed by International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). Height, weight, skeletal muscle mass, hand grip, and gait speed were measured and sarcopenia was defined based on European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) guidelines.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Using factor analysis, two major dietary patterns were found: a Western pattern (high in commercial beverage, sugar and dessert, snacks, solid fat, potato, high fat dairy, legume, organ meat, fast food, and sweets) and a Mediterranean pattern (high in olive, low-fat dairy, vegetable, fish, nut, and vegetable oil). After adjusting for confounding variables, for the highest vs the lowest tertiles, the Odds Ratio (OR) for sarcopenia was 1.06 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.47-2.37] in the Western pattern and 0.40 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.17-0.89] in the Mediterranean pattern.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings suggest that Mediterranean dietary pattern has a favorable role in the prevention of sarcopenia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mohseni
authors.affiliation: Osteoporosis Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Sima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aliakbar
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Afsoun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdollahi
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mir Saeed
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Yekaninejad
authors.affiliation: Osteoporosis Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran. zhilayas@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Zhila
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Maghbooli
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran. mirzaei_kh@tums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Khadijeh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mirzaei
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D038441:Diet, Mediterranean; D066273:Diet, Western; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D016017:Odds Ratio; D015995:Prevalence; D055948:Sarcopenia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Dietary pattern; EWGSOP; Factor analysis; Menopausal women; Sarcopenia