Association between nut consumption and low muscle strength among Korean adults
Jun S, Shin S
The British journal of nutrition · 6 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
- Intake measured by
- Food diaries or recalls
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2023-10-23 · Br J Nutr · vol. 131 · issue 5 · pp. 894–900
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Cited
- 9 citations · more than 75% of similar papers · 1.1× the field average
- References
- 44 works
- Access
- Free to read
- Research areas
- Nuts composition and effects · Nutrition and Health in Aging · Muscle metabolism and nutrition
- Keywords
- Medicine, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, Nut, Muscle strength, Young adult, Cross-sectional study, Hand strength, Logistic regression, Grip strength, Alcohol consumption, Demography, Environmental health, Gerontology, Physical therapy, Internal medicine, Population, Alcohol, Biology
- MeSH
- humans, nuts, dietary proteins, hand strength, nutrition surveys, cross-sectional studies, aged, middle aged, female, male, muscle strength, republic of korea
2 authors
From KR
- Shinyoung JunSoonchunhyang University
- Sunhye Shin · correspondingSeoul Women's University
Abstract
Nuts are an important component of a healthy diet, but little has been known about their effects on muscle health. Therefore, this study examined the association between nut consumption and low muscle strength among Korean adults. This cross-sectional analysis was conducted using single 24-h recall and handgrip strength data from 3962 younger adults 19-39 years, 6921 middle-aged adults 40-64 years and 3961 older adults ≥65 years participated in the seventh cycle (2016-2018) of the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Low muscle strength was defined as handgrip strength <28 kg for men and <18 kg for women. Sex-specific OR were obtained for younger, middle-aged and older adults using multivariable logistic regression analyses. About one in four Korean adults were consuming nuts (using a culinary definition) with peanut being the most frequently consumed type. After adjustment for age, BMI, total energy intake, household income, alcohol consumption, smoking, resistance exercise, medical history and dietary protein intake, nut consumption was associated with the lower risk of low muscle strength among older adults ≥65 years (men: OR 0·55, 95 % CI (0·38, 0·79); women: OR 0·69, 95 % CI (0·51, 0·93)); however, this association was not observed among younger adults 19-39 years or middle-aged adults 40-64 years. Our results suggest that consuming nuts might be beneficial in lowering the risk of low muscle strength among Korean older adults.
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