Research Article

Osteosarcopenic Visceral Obesity and Osteosarcopenic Subcutaneous Obesity, Two New Phenotypes of Sarcopenia: Prevalence, Metabolic Profile, and Risk Factors

Table 1

Diagnostic criteria for osteosarcopenic obesity based on body composition (via dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) [2, 3, 5].

Diagnostic criteriaT-score for BMD ≤ −1.0 SD at the hip femoralSMI > 5.5 kg/h2 for women and 7.23 kg/h2 for menFat mass ≥ 38% for women and ≥28% for menVisceral/subcutaneous fat ratio > 1

Osteopenia/osteoporosisYesNoNoNo
SarcopeniaNoYesNoNo
Visceral obesityNoNoYesYes
Subcutaneous obesityNoNoYesNo
Osteopenic sarcopeniaYesYesNoNo
Osteopenic subcutaneous obesityYesNoYesNo
Osteopenic visceral obesityYesNoYesYes
Sarcopenic subcutaneous obesityNoYesYesNo
Sarcopenic visceral obesityNoYesYesYes
Osteosarcopenic subcutaneous obesityYesYesYesNo
Osteosarcopenic visceral obesityYesYesYesYes

BMD: bone mineral density; SMI: skeletal muscle index [5].