Fabrício Braga^1,2*, Roberto Zagury¹, Cristiane Perroni¹ and Victor Hugo Domecg¹

¹Laboratório de Performance Humana, Brazil
²Casa de Saúde São José, R. Macedo Sobrinho, Humaitá, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil

*Corresponding Author: Fabrício Braga, Laboratório de Performance Humana, Brazil.

Received: April 19, 2022; Published: June 17, 2022

Abstract

Background: The SARSCOV-2 pandemic has led to a dramatic increase in the levels of sedentary lifestyles and unhealthy dietary habits. A worsening in populational obesity levels and body composition (BC) is strongly awaited but has not yet been documented.

Objective: To compare the BC profile measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) between prepandemic (P1-03/15/2017 to 03/16/2020) and pandemic (P2-3/17/2020 to 3/10/2021) periods.

Materials and Methods: BIA was grouped according to the time it was performed. Two comparisons were made: an independent sample comparison (ISC) and a paired sample comparison (PSC), considering patients with at least one BIA in P1 and P2. Age, height, sex, weight, body mass index (BMI), body fat mass (BFM), free fat mass (FFM), skeletal muscle mass (SMM), percentage of body fat (PBF), and visceral fat area (VFA) were compared. The statistical significance level was defined for a p value < 0.05.

Results and Discussion: 3.358 BIA was performed, and 2.771 and 112 were selected for IS and PS, respectively. In ISC, despite an unchanged weight, BFM, FFM, PBF, and VFA increased, and SSM decreased on P2 (p < 0.015 for all). Using PBF as a dependent variable, a multivariate linear regression model showed P2 as an independent predictor (β = 0.38 95% CI 0.19 to 0.56). In the PSC, PBF also increased from P1 to P2 (p = 0.015). To our knowledge, this is the first documentation of worsening BC after the pandemic. Health authorities should be alert to this phenomenon and its clinical consequences in the future.

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic; Body Composition; Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis

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Citation

Citation: Fabrício Braga., et al. “Pandemic Effect on Body Composition. Single-Center Analysis of 2.771 Cases".Acta Scientific Orthopaedics 5.7 (2022): 102-106.

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