Interactions between bone density and muscle mass in predicting all-cause mortality: a 10-year prospective cohort study of 1388 older men (aged 77–101 years).

Background Low bone density and low muscle mass are both independent risk factors for mortality in older men. However, it is unknown if these tissues interact to increase mortality risk. Elucidating this information is important as bone and muscle are modifiable across the life cycle. Objective To e...

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Publicado en:Age & Ageing Vol. 54; no. 7; pp. 1 - 11
Autores principales: Kirk, Ben, Harrison, Stephanie L, Zanker, Jesse, Burghardt, Andrew J, Orwoll, Eric, Cawthon, Peggy M, Duque, Gustavo
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Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Jul2025
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          Kirk, Ben
          Harrison, Stephanie L
          Zanker, Jesse
          Burghardt, Andrew J
          Orwoll, Eric
          Cawthon, Peggy M
          Duque, Gustavo
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          The University of Melbourne Melbourne Medical School, Department of Medicine-Western Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
          The University of Melbourne Western Clinical School at Sunshine Hospital, Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science (AIMSS), Saint Albans, Victoria, Australia
          California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA
          The University of Melbourne Melbourne Medical School, Department of Medicine and Aged Care,   Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
          Oregon Health & Science University, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Clinical Nutrition, School of Medicine, Portland, OR, USA
          California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco Coordinating Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
          University of California San Francisco, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, San Francisco, CA, USA
          Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Bone, Muscle & Geroscience Group, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
          McGill University Department of Medicine, Dr. Joseph Kaufmann Chair in Geriatric Medicine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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        Men's health
        Old age
        Skeletal muscle physiology
        Mortality risk factors
        Risk assessment
        Photon absorptiometry
        Bone density
        Computed tomography
        Descriptive statistics
        Multivariate analysis
        Longitudinal method
        Data analysis software
        Confidence intervals
        Sarcopenia
        Proportional hazards models
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          Men's health
          Old age
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          Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing
          Skeletal muscle physiology
          Mortality risk factors
          Risk assessment
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          Longitudinal method
          Data analysis software
          Confidence intervals
          Sarcopenia
          Proportional hazards models
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        bone–muscle interactions
        mortality
        older people
        osteoporosis
        sarcopenia
        bone–muscle interactions
        mortality
        older people
        osteoporosis
        sarcopenia
      ab: Background Low bone density and low muscle mass are both independent risk factors for mortality in older men. However, it is unknown if these tissues interact to increase mortality risk. Elucidating this information is important as bone and muscle are modifiable across the life cycle. Objective To examine whether there is an interconnection between bone density and muscle mass on all-cause mortality in older men. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting The Osteoporotic Fractures in Men study, an multicenter longitudinal study across six US sites. Participants Exposures measured at baseline visit (2014–2016) included bone density by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (hip, g/cm); muscle mass by creatine dilution stable isotope (whole body, kg); bone strength by high-resolution computed tomography (tibia, newtons); and muscle volume by high-resolution computed tomography (calf, mm). Covariates measured at baseline visit (2014–2016) included demographics and lifestyle factors as well as medical conditions. Main Outcome Measure All-cause mortality by death certificates and International Classification of Diseases-Ninth Revision codes measured from 2014 to 2016 through August 2024. Data analysis was performed during December 2024. Cox hazards models were used to model the relationship between the exposures and outcomes, unadjusted and adjusted for covariates. Results A total of 1388 men with a mean age of 84.2 ± 4.1 years (77–101 years, 91.6% white) were followed for 6.58 ± 2.61 years. A total of 663 (47.8%) men died. In unadjusted analyses using continuous exposures, interaction terms were significant between bone and muscle variables for all-cause mortality (P  < 0.001 to 0.039). In men with low muscle mass or low muscle volume (≤50th percentile), each SD decrease in bone density increased all-cause mortality by a respective 19% (HR = 1.19 95% CI 1.07–1.34) and 29% (HR = 1.29 95% CI 1.11–1.49) in multivariable-adjusted models. Likewise, in men with low muscle mass or low muscle volume (≤50th percentile), each SD decrease in bone strength increased all-cause mortality by a respective 19% (HR = 1.19 95% CI 1.06–1.33) and 29% (HR = 1.29 95% CI 1.12–1.48) in multivariable-adjusted models. Conclusions We found consistent evidence for a combined association of bone and muscle health on all-cause mortality. Randomised controlled trials are now needed to confirm if increasing or preserving bone and muscle mass in old age reduces mortality risk.
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