Altered Body Composition and Increased Resting Metabolic Rate Associated with the Postural Instability/Gait Difficulty Parkinson’s Disease Subtype

Background. Weight loss in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients is a common but poorly understood manifestation. Several studies have reported that weight changes could be related to motor symptoms, drug side effects, dysphagia, depression, and/or dementia. Weight loss in PD is not a benign phenomenon...

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Main Authors: Giovana Femat-Roldán, María Andrea Gaitán Palau, Inma Castilla-Cortázar, Georgina Elizondo Ochoa, Nancy Guadalupe Moreno, Irene Martín-Estal, Miguel Jiménez Yarza
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Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Parkinson's Disease
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8060259
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author Giovana Femat-Roldán
María Andrea Gaitán Palau
Inma Castilla-Cortázar
Georgina Elizondo Ochoa
Nancy Guadalupe Moreno
Irene Martín-Estal
Miguel Jiménez Yarza
author_facet Giovana Femat-Roldán
María Andrea Gaitán Palau
Inma Castilla-Cortázar
Georgina Elizondo Ochoa
Nancy Guadalupe Moreno
Irene Martín-Estal
Miguel Jiménez Yarza
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description Background. Weight loss in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients is a common but poorly understood manifestation. Several studies have reported that weight changes could be related to motor symptoms, drug side effects, dysphagia, depression, and/or dementia. Weight loss in PD is not a benign phenomenon and it has several clinical and prognostic implications with increased morbidity and mortality. Thus, it is crucial to determine nutritional changes in PD patients in order to prevent malnutrition and improve their quality of life. Objective. To compare body composition and resting metabolic rates between PD patients and controls. Methods. A total of 64 PD patients and 52 controls were studied. The Hoehn-Yahr scale was used to determine the disease stage, clinical and epidemiological data were recorded from verbal questionnaire, Inbody S10® was used to collect corporal parameters, and FitMate system was used to assess the resting metabolic rate. Results. No significant differences were found between both experimental groups in age, gender, height, cholesterol levels, and the presence of hypertension, diabetes, and hypo/hyperthyroidism. However, the PD group showed lower body fat mass, whole-body fat percentage, and greater resting metabolic rate compared to controls (p<0.05), with no significant differences in musculoskeletal mass. Parkinson’s disease postural instability/gait difficulty (PD-PIGD) subtype showed lower body fat parameters, increased fat-free mass, and higher resting metabolic rates. Conclusions. These results suggest that PD patients present an increased resting metabolic rate associated with the postural instability/gait difficulty PD subtype, allowing a selective decrease of body fat mass and not musculoskeletal mass. Of note, several disease-related factors may contribute to this weight loss in PD patients, being a complex and multifactorial consequence. Our findings could likely be one of the many contributing factors. However, present findings may further add to our understanding of the phenomenon of weight loss in patients with PD.
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spelling doaj-art-50a3941b96fb4908ad5f1ff6d7d06afe2025-08-20T02:05:17ZengWileyParkinson's Disease2090-80832042-00802020-01-01202010.1155/2020/80602598060259Altered Body Composition and Increased Resting Metabolic Rate Associated with the Postural Instability/Gait Difficulty Parkinson’s Disease SubtypeGiovana Femat-Roldán0María Andrea Gaitán Palau1Inma Castilla-Cortázar2Georgina Elizondo Ochoa3Nancy Guadalupe Moreno4Irene Martín-Estal5Miguel Jiménez Yarza6Neurocenter, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, MexicoTecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Ave. Morones Prieto 3000, Monterrey 64710, NL, MexicoTecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Ave. Morones Prieto 3000, Monterrey 64710, NL, MexicoTecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Ave. Morones Prieto 3000, Monterrey 64710, NL, MexicoTecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Ave. Morones Prieto 3000, Monterrey 64710, NL, MexicoTecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Ave. Morones Prieto 3000, Monterrey 64710, NL, MexicoTecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Ave. Morones Prieto 3000, Monterrey 64710, NL, MexicoBackground. Weight loss in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients is a common but poorly understood manifestation. Several studies have reported that weight changes could be related to motor symptoms, drug side effects, dysphagia, depression, and/or dementia. Weight loss in PD is not a benign phenomenon and it has several clinical and prognostic implications with increased morbidity and mortality. Thus, it is crucial to determine nutritional changes in PD patients in order to prevent malnutrition and improve their quality of life. Objective. To compare body composition and resting metabolic rates between PD patients and controls. Methods. A total of 64 PD patients and 52 controls were studied. The Hoehn-Yahr scale was used to determine the disease stage, clinical and epidemiological data were recorded from verbal questionnaire, Inbody S10® was used to collect corporal parameters, and FitMate system was used to assess the resting metabolic rate. Results. No significant differences were found between both experimental groups in age, gender, height, cholesterol levels, and the presence of hypertension, diabetes, and hypo/hyperthyroidism. However, the PD group showed lower body fat mass, whole-body fat percentage, and greater resting metabolic rate compared to controls (p<0.05), with no significant differences in musculoskeletal mass. Parkinson’s disease postural instability/gait difficulty (PD-PIGD) subtype showed lower body fat parameters, increased fat-free mass, and higher resting metabolic rates. Conclusions. These results suggest that PD patients present an increased resting metabolic rate associated with the postural instability/gait difficulty PD subtype, allowing a selective decrease of body fat mass and not musculoskeletal mass. Of note, several disease-related factors may contribute to this weight loss in PD patients, being a complex and multifactorial consequence. Our findings could likely be one of the many contributing factors. However, present findings may further add to our understanding of the phenomenon of weight loss in patients with PD.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8060259
spellingShingle Giovana Femat-Roldán
María Andrea Gaitán Palau
Inma Castilla-Cortázar
Georgina Elizondo Ochoa
Nancy Guadalupe Moreno
Irene Martín-Estal
Miguel Jiménez Yarza
Altered Body Composition and Increased Resting Metabolic Rate Associated with the Postural Instability/Gait Difficulty Parkinson’s Disease Subtype
Parkinson's Disease
title Altered Body Composition and Increased Resting Metabolic Rate Associated with the Postural Instability/Gait Difficulty Parkinson’s Disease Subtype
title_full Altered Body Composition and Increased Resting Metabolic Rate Associated with the Postural Instability/Gait Difficulty Parkinson’s Disease Subtype
title_fullStr Altered Body Composition and Increased Resting Metabolic Rate Associated with the Postural Instability/Gait Difficulty Parkinson’s Disease Subtype
title_full_unstemmed Altered Body Composition and Increased Resting Metabolic Rate Associated with the Postural Instability/Gait Difficulty Parkinson’s Disease Subtype
title_short Altered Body Composition and Increased Resting Metabolic Rate Associated with the Postural Instability/Gait Difficulty Parkinson’s Disease Subtype
title_sort altered body composition and increased resting metabolic rate associated with the postural instability gait difficulty parkinson s disease subtype
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8060259
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