ESPEN 2022 Late Breaking Abstracts
Topic: Nutritional assessment
Abstract Submission Identifier: ESPEN22-LB-2246
DECREASE IN BIA BIOELECTRICAL PARAMETERS IN WOMEN WITH LONGCOVID.
C. Estany Quera*, 1, L. Mateu 2, C. Loste 3, A. E. Ramos 4, R. Paredes 5, B. Clotet 5 and KING Cohort Study Group
1nutrition and Dietetics, Fight Against Infections Fundation, 2Infeccious Diseases Unit, . Germans Trias I Pujol Hospital, 3Infeccious Diseases Unit, Germans Trias I Pujol Hospital., 4Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Endocrinology and Nutrition Service, 5Infeccious Diseases Unit. Fight Against Infections Fundation, Germans Trias I Pujol Hospital., Badalona, Spain
Rationale: Patients with postcovid syndrome (Longcovid) might present with symptoms such as fatigue, myalgia, myopenia and dynapenia, among others. The possible alterations of the cell membrane might be related to these alterations in the medium and long term.
Methods: Body composition was analyzed in Longcovid patients attended at the Longcovid Unit of the Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital in Badalona (Barcelona, Spain), between September 2020 and September 2021, using InBodyÒS10 segmental multifrequency Bioimpedance (BIA).
Results: 222 patients were studied: 165 women (74.3%) with a mean age of 46.6 years (11.7).
Table 1 shows the demographic and BIA data of the first BIA performed (3-6 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection) and the last performed at 18 months.
|
Women(N=165) |
Men(N=57) | ||||
|
|
Baseline |
18thMonth |
P-value |
Baseline |
18thMonth |
P-value |
|
Weight(kg) |
69,7(15,4) |
70,2(15,1) |
0,05 |
87,0(16,2) |
88,3(16,6) |
<0,05 |
|
Body Cell Mass(kg) |
30,0(3,9) |
30,4(4,0) |
<0,001 |
43,1(6,2) |
43,5(6,0) |
>0,05 |
|
Right Arm Phase Angle(º) |
5,36(0,57) |
5,27(0,56) |
>0,05 |
6,10(0,68) |
6,13(0,65) |
>0,05 |
|
Left Arm Phase Angle(º) |
5,14(0,56) |
5,04(0,55) |
>0,05 |
5,93(0,63) |
5,88(0,61) |
>0,05 |
|
Right Leg Phase Angle(º) |
6,08(0,90) |
6,26(0,92) |
<0,001 |
6,96(1,77) |
7,08(1,05) |
>0,05 |
|
Left Leg Phase Angle(º) |
5,82(0,91) |
0,59(0,90) |
>0,05 |
6,59(1,11) |
6,92(0,98) |
<0,05 |
|
Total Reactance(Xc)(W) |
255,72(41,80) |
570,48(71,00) |
<0,001 |
212,6(35,2) |
454,3(55,7) |
<0,001 |
|
Total Resistance(R)(W) |
20,67(2,44) |
20,46(2,22) |
>0,05 |
22,9(2,9) |
23,2(2,7) |
>0,05 |
|
Whole Body Phase Angle(º) |
5,75(0,64) |
5,74(0,62) |
>0,05 |
6,56(0,90) |
6,63(0,73) |
>0,05 |
|
Skeletal Muscle Index(kg/m2) |
7,44(0,87) |
7,57(0,85) |
<0,001 |
9,4(0,965) |
9,5(0,968) |
>0,05 |
Conclusion: - In women, skeletal mass, body cell mass increased, but total and segmental phase angle, resistance and reactance decreased, whereas in men, these parameters increased.
- It is necessary to assess the evolution of segmental bioelectrical parameters of bioimpedance to assess their possible impact on the long-term persistence of symptoms.
References: *
Disclosure of Interest: None Declared
Keywords: Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis, longcovid, women