Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate an association between muscle mass and metabolic syndrome configuration in Korean adult. Methods: A total of 6,426 participants aged over 20 years old were selected for this study from the database...
Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate an association between muscle mass and metabolic syndrome configuration in Korean adult. Methods: A total of 6,426 participants aged over 20 years old were selected for this study from the database of the Fifth KNHANES for 2010-2011. Metabolic syndrome was defined by NCEP-ATP III and muscle mass was calculated by body weight-adjusted ASM. Univariate and multivariate analyses ware performed to assess the crude and adjusted associations using PASW 18.0. Results: The muscle mass was significantly associated with metabolic syndrome after adjusting for socio-demographics and health-related behaviors (OR=0.97, 95% CI=0.97, 0.98). Moreover, the increasing muscle mass was significantly reduced the number of metabolic syndrome configuration (1 vs. 0: OR=0.98, 95% CI=0.98, 0.99; 2 vs. 0: OR=0.97, 95% CI=0.97, 0.97; 3 vs. 0: OR=0.96, 95% CI=0.96, 0.97; 4 vs. 0: OR=0.95, 95% CI=0.95, 0.96; 5 vs. 0: OR=0.95, 95% CI=0.94, 0.95). Conclusions: An increasing muscle mass was significantly associated with a decreased risk of metabolic syndrome and the number of metabolic syndrome configuration.