Associations Between Nutritional Deficits and Physical Performance in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Wan-Hsuan Lu, Kelly Virecoulon Giudici, Yves Rolland, Sophie Guyonnet, Jean-François Mangin, Bruno Vellas, Philipe de Souto Barreto, Wan-Hsuan Lu, Kelly Virecoulon Giudici, Yves Rolland, Sophie Guyonnet, Jean-François Mangin, Bruno Vellas, Philipe de Souto Barreto

Abstract

Background: Whether multiple nutritional deficiencies have a synergic effect on mobility loss remains unknown. This study aims to evaluate associations between multi-nutritional deficits and physical performance evolution among community-dwelling older adults. Methods: We included 386 participants from the Multidomain Alzheimer Preventive Trial (MAPT) (75.6 ± 4.5 years) not receiving omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) supplementation and who had available data on nutritional deficits. Baseline nutritional deficits were defined as plasma 25 hydroxyvitamin D <20 ng/ml, plasma homocysteine >14 μmol/L, or erythrocyte omega-3 PUFA index ≤ 4.87% (lower quartile). The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), gait speed, and chair rise time were used to assess physical performance at baseline and after 6, 12, 24, 36, 48, and 60 months. We explored if nutrition-physical performance associations varied according to the presence of low-grade inflammation (LGI) and brain imaging indicators. Results: Within-group comparisons showed that physical function (decreased SPPB and gait speed, increased chair rise time) worsened over time, particularly in participants with ≥2 nutritional deficits; however, no between-group differences were observed when individuals without deficit and those with either 1 or ≥2 deficits were compared. Our exploratory analysis on nutritional deficit-LGI interactions showed that, among people with ≥2 deficits, chair rise time was increased over time in participants with LGI (adjusted mean difference: 3.47; 95% CI: 1.03, 5.91; p = 0.017), compared with individuals with no LGI. Conclusions: Accumulated deficits on vitamin D, homocysteine, and omega-3 PUFA were not associated with physical performance evolution in older adults, but they determined declined chair rise performance in subjects with low-grade inflammation. Clinical Trial Registration: [https://ichgcp.net/clinical-trials-registry/NCT00672685], identifier [NCT00672685].

Keywords: homocysteine; inflammation; omega-3 fatty acids; physical performance; vitamin D.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

Copyright © 2021 Lu, Giudici, Rolland, Guyonnet, Mangin, Vellas and de Souto Barreto.

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