Association of Dietary Protein Sources and Their Adequacy, Body Composition and Risk of Sarcopenic Obesity in South Korean Populations: A Cross-Sectional Study

Dietary protein sources and protein adequacy are crucial modulators of muscle quality and body composition. We investigated the association between dietary protein sources (and their adequacy) and body composition and the risk of sarcopenic obesity (SO) in South Korean populations. The participants...

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Main Authors: Jieun Kim, Kyoungsik Jeong, Sueun Lim, Siwoo Lee, Younghwa Baek
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-02-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/14/2/130
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author Jieun Kim
Kyoungsik Jeong
Sueun Lim
Siwoo Lee
Younghwa Baek
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description Dietary protein sources and protein adequacy are crucial modulators of muscle quality and body composition. We investigated the association between dietary protein sources (and their adequacy) and body composition and the risk of sarcopenic obesity (SO) in South Korean populations. The participants (<i>n</i> = 1967) were classified into SO, obese, sarcopenia, and normal groups. A cross-sectional survey was conducted using the KS-15 questionnaire, short-form food frequency questionnaire, and anthropometric measurements. The percentage of body fat (male: 35.36 ± 0.51%; female: 44.14 ± 0.36%) was significantly high, while appendicular skeletal muscle (ASM; male: 36.39 ± 0.30%, female: 30.32 ± 0.19%) was low in the SO group. Beef and pork consumption was negatively associated with ASM (%) but positively associated with body fat (%) in the normal group and positively associated with ASM (kg/m<sup>2</sup>: beta = 0.002, <i>p</i> = 0.02) and BFM (kg: beta = 0.012, <i>p</i> = 0.03) in the SO group, respectively. The highest quintile (Q5: 173.6 g/day) showed a decreased risk of SO prevalence (AORs: 0.46, CI: 0.22–0.94) compared with that in the lowest quintile (Q1: 21.6 g/day) among the people with inadequacy protein intake. Daily poultry and egg intake was positively linked with body composition in the participants with SO, while red meat showed a negative effect on imbalanced body composition in participants in the normal and SO groups. Furthermore, a lower intake of poultry and eggs was strongly associated with SO prevalence in people who consumed inadequate amounts of daily dietary protein.
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spelling doaj.art-5bf4b0f9a78348fd88e18de35d3c81262024-02-23T15:27:08ZengMDPI AGMetabolites2218-19892024-02-0114213010.3390/metabo14020130Association of Dietary Protein Sources and Their Adequacy, Body Composition and Risk of Sarcopenic Obesity in South Korean Populations: A Cross-Sectional StudyJieun Kim0Kyoungsik Jeong1Sueun Lim2Siwoo Lee3Younghwa Baek4Division of Korean Medicine Data, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon 34054, Republic of KoreaDivision of Korean Medicine Data, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon 34054, Republic of KoreaDivision of Korean Medicine Data, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon 34054, Republic of KoreaDivision of Korean Medicine Data, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon 34054, Republic of KoreaDivision of Korean Medicine Data, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon 34054, Republic of KoreaDietary protein sources and protein adequacy are crucial modulators of muscle quality and body composition. We investigated the association between dietary protein sources (and their adequacy) and body composition and the risk of sarcopenic obesity (SO) in South Korean populations. The participants (<i>n</i> = 1967) were classified into SO, obese, sarcopenia, and normal groups. A cross-sectional survey was conducted using the KS-15 questionnaire, short-form food frequency questionnaire, and anthropometric measurements. The percentage of body fat (male: 35.36 ± 0.51%; female: 44.14 ± 0.36%) was significantly high, while appendicular skeletal muscle (ASM; male: 36.39 ± 0.30%, female: 30.32 ± 0.19%) was low in the SO group. Beef and pork consumption was negatively associated with ASM (%) but positively associated with body fat (%) in the normal group and positively associated with ASM (kg/m<sup>2</sup>: beta = 0.002, <i>p</i> = 0.02) and BFM (kg: beta = 0.012, <i>p</i> = 0.03) in the SO group, respectively. The highest quintile (Q5: 173.6 g/day) showed a decreased risk of SO prevalence (AORs: 0.46, CI: 0.22–0.94) compared with that in the lowest quintile (Q1: 21.6 g/day) among the people with inadequacy protein intake. Daily poultry and egg intake was positively linked with body composition in the participants with SO, while red meat showed a negative effect on imbalanced body composition in participants in the normal and SO groups. Furthermore, a lower intake of poultry and eggs was strongly associated with SO prevalence in people who consumed inadequate amounts of daily dietary protein.https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/14/2/130body compositionbody fat massskeletal muscle massprotein adequacysarcopenic obesity
spellingShingle Jieun Kim
Kyoungsik Jeong
Sueun Lim
Siwoo Lee
Younghwa Baek
Association of Dietary Protein Sources and Their Adequacy, Body Composition and Risk of Sarcopenic Obesity in South Korean Populations: A Cross-Sectional Study
Metabolites
body composition
body fat mass
skeletal muscle mass
protein adequacy
sarcopenic obesity
title Association of Dietary Protein Sources and Their Adequacy, Body Composition and Risk of Sarcopenic Obesity in South Korean Populations: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full Association of Dietary Protein Sources and Their Adequacy, Body Composition and Risk of Sarcopenic Obesity in South Korean Populations: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr Association of Dietary Protein Sources and Their Adequacy, Body Composition and Risk of Sarcopenic Obesity in South Korean Populations: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Association of Dietary Protein Sources and Their Adequacy, Body Composition and Risk of Sarcopenic Obesity in South Korean Populations: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_short Association of Dietary Protein Sources and Their Adequacy, Body Composition and Risk of Sarcopenic Obesity in South Korean Populations: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort association of dietary protein sources and their adequacy body composition and risk of sarcopenic obesity in south korean populations a cross sectional study
topic body composition
body fat mass
skeletal muscle mass
protein adequacy
sarcopenic obesity
url https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/14/2/130
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