Sarcopenic obesity is associated with coffee intake in elderly Koreans

Front Public Health. 2023 Feb 2:11:990029. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.990029. eCollection 2023.

Abstract

This study assessed the association between sarcopenic obesity (S+O+) and coffee intake inelderly Koreans. This study obtained data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES, 2008-2011), a cross-sectional and nationally representative survey conducted by the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of the 2,661 participants included in this study, there was a significant difference between 5.861 (95% CI 2.024-16.971) in less than one cup of coffee, and 6.245 (95% CI 2.136-18.260) in one cup of coffee, and 4.323 (95% CI 1.457-12.824) in two cups of coffee compared to three or more than cups of coffee. In contrast, in the case of sarcopenia or obesity only (S+O- or S-O+), no significant difference was found in any model. The results suggest that the elderly who consume less than one cup of coffee per day had a greater risk of S+O+ than those who consume more than three cups per day. Furthermore, there was an association between coffee intake and sarcopenia but not with obesity. Therefore, coffee intake may have prevented musculoskeletal loss in these patients.

Keywords: coffee; elderly; obesity; sarcopenia; sarcopenic obesity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Coffee*
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • East Asian People
  • Humans
  • Nutrition Surveys
  • Obesity* / complications
  • Republic of Korea
  • Risk Factors
  • Sarcopenia* / complications

Substances

  • Coffee

Grants and funding

This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education (2021R1A6A1A03040177).