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ASSESSMENT DELLA MALNUTRIZIONE E BILANCIO ENERGETICO NEL SOGGETTO ANZIANO Gianni Biolo Clinica Medica AOUTS Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Chirurgiche e della Salute Università di Trieste Email: [email protected] Congresso Nazionale Società Italiana di Gerontologia e Geriatria Milano, 21-24 Novembre 2012

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ASSESSMENT DELLA MALNUTRIZIONE

E BILANCIO ENERGETICO

NEL SOGGETTO ANZIANO

Gianni Biolo

Clinica Medica AOUTS

Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Chirurgiche e della Salute

Università di Trieste

Email: [email protected]

Congresso Nazionale Società Italiana di Gerontologia e Geriatria

Milano, 21-24 Novembre 2012

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Protein and energy supplementation in

elderly people at risk from malnutrition

Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2009

0

-0.50 -0.40 -0.30 -0.20 -0.10 0.00 0.10

benefit arm

0 1 2 3 4 5

2.2 (95% CI 2.4 to 1.8) P<0.05

41 trials

% WEIGHT CHANGE

0

-0.50 -0.40 -0.30 -0.20 -0.10 0.00 0.10

benefit arm

1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5

RR 0.79 (95% CI 0.64 to 0.94) P<0.05

2461 malnourished people

MORTALITY

0

-0.50 -0.40 -0.30 -0.20 -0.10 0.00 0.10

benefit arm

1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5

RR 0.86 (95% CI 0.75 to 0.99) P<0.05

24 trials

COMPLICATIONS

62 trials

10,187 participants

commercial “sip-feeds”

intervention < 18 months

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Tipo di diagnosiValutazione delle condizioni (tipo, gravità, durata) associate a rischio di malnutrizione

Valutazione dell’introito di alimenti e/o di perdite di nutrientiRischio con apporto alimentare insufficiente, attuale o prevedibile, per un periodo : 5 gg in pazienti già malnutriti 10 gg in pazienti normonutriti 7 gg in pazienti con ipercatabolismo moderato (azoturia 11-15 g/die)

o severo (azoturia >15 g/die)oppure con: Vomito / diarrea quotidiani > 5-7 gg

Valutazione del calo ponderaleRischio grave con perdita non intenzionale 5% in 1 mese o 10% in 3-6 mesi

Esami di laboratorioRischio con:Albuminemia < 3,5 mg/dlNumero linfociti < 1500/mm3

Giudizio clinicoBasato sull’anamnesi e sull’esame obiettivo (cachessia, edemi, ecc.)

PROPOSTA DI “SCREENING” NUTRIZIONALE INIZIALEPROPOSTA DI “SCREENING” NUTRIZIONALE INIZIALE

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INACTIVITY ± INFLAMMATION ± ANOREXIA

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-1.4

-1

-0.6

-0.2

0.2

kg

Eucaloric

Ambulatory

Hypocaloric

Ambulatory

Hypocaloric

Bed Rest

Eucaloric

Bed Rest

*

CHANGES IN

LEAN MASS (DEXA)

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Malnutrizione acuta(ipermetabolismo,ipercatabolismo)

Digiuno(giorni)

Malnutrizione

cronica

StressacutoSemidigiuno

(mesi)

Stresssevero

CO

MPL

ICA

NZ

E - M

OR

TA

LIT

À

Deplezione proteica

Co

nsu

mo e

ner

get

ico

NORMALESTATO DI

NUTRIZIONE

SOVRAPPOSIZIONE DI MALNUTRIZIONE ACUTA O CRONICA E

STRESS METABOLICO E LORO SIGNIFICATO PROGNOSTICO

Modificata, da Pettigrew RA, Clin Gastroenterol, 1988

Malnutrizione acuta(ipermetabolismo,ipercatabolismo)

Digiuno(giorni)

Malnutrizione

cronica

StressacutoSemidigiuno

(mesi)

Stresssevero

CO

MPL

ICA

NZ

E - M

OR

TA

LIT

À

Deplezione proteica

Co

nsu

mo e

ner

get

ico

NORMALESTATO DI

NUTRIZIONE

NORMALESTATO DI

NUTRIZIONE

SOVRAPPOSIZIONE DI MALNUTRIZIONE ACUTA O CRONICA E

STRESS METABOLICO E LORO SIGNIFICATO PROGNOSTICO

Modificata, da Pettigrew RA, Clin Gastroenterol, 1988

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INACTIVITY ± INFLAMMATION ± ANOREXIA

PRE-CACHEXIA Chronic disease + ↑CRP + anorexia +

weight loss ≤5%

CACHEXIA Chronic disease + ↑CRP + anorexia + weight

loss >5kg (or BMI <20 kg/m2) + at least three of

the following: dynapenia, fatigue, anorexia,

↓FFM index, abnormal biochemestry (↑CRP,

anemia, ↓albumin)

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INACTIVITY ± INFLAMMATION - ANOREXIA

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• Body weight • Body mass index (kg/m2)

NUTRITIONAL

ASSESSMENT

• Lean body mass (DEXA) • Fat-free mass (bio-impedance; anthropometry)

• Fat-free mass index (kg/m2)

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9.6

17.820.3

39.9

0

25

50

Male Female

Perc

ent

Prevalence of nutritional depletion in a large

out-patient population of patients with COPD Vermeeren et al., Respir Med 2006

Malnutrition was defined as:

body mass index ≤21 kg/m2

fat-free mass index ≤15 (females) or ≤16 (males) kg/m2

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INACTIVITY ± INFLAMMATION ± ANOREXIA

MUSCLE

DEPLETION

CONTRACTILE

IMPAIRMENT

Dynapenia

Fatigue

Disability and falls

Impaired ventilation

Osteoporosis

Bone fractures

METABOLIC

IMPAIRMENT

Anabolic resistance

Insulin resistance

Dyslipidemia

↓ glutamine

↓ myokines

Impaired immunity

FFM index <16 kg/m2 for men and

<15 kg/m2 for women

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2115

cancer patients

15%

obesity

15%

sarcopenic obesity

SURVIVAL

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Changes in fat mass (bioimpedence)

0

1

2

3 * §

(kg)

*, p<0.05 significant different from zero; §, p<0.05 versus near-neutral energy balance

Positive Energy Balance

Near-neutral Energy Balance

EFFECTS OF POSITIVE ENERGY

BALANCE ON BED REST-MEDIATED

MUSCLE ATROPHY

Changes in

fat-free mass

(bioimpedence)

*

(kg)

Changes in vastus

lateralis thickness

(ultrasounds)

(cm)

-0.5

-0.4

-0.3

-0.2

-0.1

0

-5

-4

-3

-2

-1

0

* §

* §

*

*

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§

-50

0

50

100

150

200

Δ (%

)

CRP

PLASMA MYELOPEROXIDASE ERYTHOCYTE GLUTATHIONE SYNTHESIS RATE

-10

-5

0

5

10

15

20

25

0

20

40

60

Δ (

%)

LEPTIN

0

10

20

30

40

Δ (%

)

GHRELIN

§

§

Δ (

%)

-50

0

50

100

150

200 §

Δ (%

) *, p<0.05 significant different from zero; §, p<0.05 versus lower energy balance

*

*

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CROSS-TALK BETWEEN FAT

AND MUSCLE DURING

INACTIVITY AND AGING

POSITIVE

ENERGY

BALANCE

INFLAMMATION

REDOX UNBALANCE

MUSCLE

ATROPHY

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ENERGY METABOLISM AND BODY COMPOSITION

0

700

1400

2100

2800

En

ergy (

kcal/

day)

0

35

70

Bod

y w

eig

ht

(kg)

RESTING

ENERGY

EXPENDIT.

ACTIVITY

RELATED

ENERGY

EXPENDIT.

ENERGY

EXPENDITURE

ENERGY

INTAKE

ENERGY BALANCE

LEAN

TISSUES

ADIPOSE TISSUE

BODY

COMPOSITION

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male

31 yrs

male

66 yrs

female

73 yrs

0

700

1400

2100

2800

En

erg

y (

kca

l/d

ay

)

0

35

70

Bo

dy

wei

gh

t (k

g)

ENERGY BALANCE

LEAN

FAT ACTIVITY

RELATED

ENERGY

RESTING

ENERGY

EXPENDIT.

BODY

COMPOSITION

0

700

1400

2100

2800

En

erg

y (

kca

l/d

ay

)

0

35

70

Bo

dy

wei

gh

t (k

g)

ENERGY BALANCE

LEAN

FAT

ACTIVITY

RESTING

ENERGY

EXPENDIT.

BODY

COMPOSITION

AG

EIN

G

MUSCLE DEPLETION

&

INCREASED FAT MASS

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0

20

40

60

80

100

30 40 50 60 70

BODY WEIGHT

LEAN MASS

FAT MASS

Age (years)

kg

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

252 healthy subjects with normal body mass index, 35 to 65 years

BODY WEIGHT AND COMPOSITION

Clinica Medica – University of Trieste

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REDUCED ENERGY

REQUIREMENT

IN CANCER

PATIENTS

PHYSICAL

ACTIVITY

ENERGY

INTAKE

5000

5250

5500

5750

6000time effect P = 0.02.

(kJ

/d)

RMR Weight and Body Composition Changes during

and after Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Women with Breast Cancer J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2004

CHEMOTHERAPY PRE 2 wk 6 wk

LEAN MASS 39

40

41

42

43

21

22

23

24

kg kg

time effect P < 0.05

time effect P < 0.05

FAT MASS

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ENERGY

EXPENDITURE

ENERGY

REQUIREMENT

• Indirect calorimetry (O2 consumption)

• Equations

based on

• Body weight

• Body composition (proportional to lean mass)

• Correction factors for physical activity

• Correction factors for degree of systemic inflammation activation

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The majority of sick elderly patients require at least 1 g protein/kg/day and around 30 kcal/kg/day of energy, depending on their activity.

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ANABOLIC RESISTANCE OF AGEING

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INCREASED PROTEIN REQUIREMENT

• INACTIVITY

• AGEING

• ACUTE AND CHRONIC DISEASE STATES WITH ACTIVATION OF SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION

ANABOLIC RESISTANCE

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The majority of sick elderly patients require at least 1 g protein/kg/day and around 30 kcal/kg/day of energy, depending on their activity.

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ENERGY METABOLISM AND BODY COMPOSITION

0

700

1400

2100

2800

En

ergy (

kcal/

day)

0

35

70

Bod

y w

eig

ht

(kg)

RESTING

ENERGY

EXPENDIT.

ACTIVITY

RELATED

ENERGY

EXPENDIT.

ENERGY

EXPENDITURE

ENERGY

INTAKE

ENERGY BALANCE

LEAN

TISSUES

ADIPOSE TISSUE

BODY

COMPOSITION

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Exercise Training for Physical Frailty

in Very Elderly PeopleFiatarone et al., New Engl J Med 1994

Randomized, placebo -controlled trial. 100 frail nursing home residents. Progressive resistance exercise training over a 10 -week period.

Exercise Training for Physical Frailty

in Very Elderly PeopleFiatarone et al., New Engl J Med 1994

-4

-2

0

2

4

6

TRAINING

CONTROL

P<0.05

-4

-2

0

2

4

6

TRAINING

CONTROL

P<0.05

Randomized, placebo -controlled trial. 100 frail nursing home residents. Progressive resistance exercise training over a 10 -week period.

Perc

en

tch

an

ges

in t

hig

hm

uscle

mass

Exercise Training for Physical Frailty

in Very Elderly PeopleFiatarone et al., New Engl J Med 1994

Randomized, placebo -controlled trial. 100 frail nursing home residents. Progressive resistance exercise training over a 10 -week period.

Exercise Training for Physical Frailty

in Very Elderly PeopleFiatarone et al., New Engl J Med 1994

-4

-2

0

2

4

6

TRAINING

CONTROL

P<0.05

-4

-2

0

2

4

6

TRAINING

CONTROL

P<0.05

Randomized, placebo -controlled trial. 100 frail nursing home residents. Progressive resistance exercise training over a 10 -week period.

Perc

en

tch

an

ges

in t

hig

hm

uscle

mass

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RESISTANCE EXERCISE TRAINING DECREASES SKELETAL

MUSCLE TNF-alpha IN FRAIL ELDERLY HUMANSet al., The FASEB Journal 2001

RESISTANCE EXERCISE TRAINING DECREASES SKELETAL

MUSCLE TNF-alpha IN FRAIL ELDERLY HUMANSet al., The FASEB Journal 2001Greiwe

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RESISTANCE EXERCISE TRAINING DECREASES SKELETAL

MUSCLE TNF-alpha IN FRAIL ELDERLY HUMANSet al., The FASEB Journal 2001

RESISTANCE EXERCISE TRAINING DECREASES SKELETAL

MUSCLE TNF-alpha IN FRAIL ELDERLY HUMANSet al., The FASEB Journal 2001Greiwe

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AVERAGE ANNUAL CHANGE IN FEV1 (ML/YR) IN THE LOW PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GROUP, AND ADDITIONAL RELATIVE CHANGE† (95% CI) IN THE MODERATE AND HIGH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GROUPS (LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL)

2007

AVERAGE ANNUAL CHANGE IN FEV1 (ML/YR) IN THE LOW PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GROUP, AND ADDITIONAL RELATIVE CHANGE† (95% CI) IN THE MODERATE AND HIGH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GROUPS (LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL)

2007

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-30

-20

-10

0

10

20

30

40

50

GLUCOSE AND

INSULIN

AMINO ACIDS

nm

ol

PH

E/m

in x

100 m

l le

g v

ol.

REST

POST-EXERCISE

MUSCLE PROTEIN BALANCE

FASTING

*

*

*: P<0.05 POST-EXERCISE VS. REST

NS

AJPENDO 1995

AJPENDO 1997

Diabetes 1999

SHORT-TERM BED REST IMPAIRS AMINO ACID-INDUCED

PROTEIN ANABOLISM IN HUMANS

J Physiol 2004

ANABOLIC SENSITIVITY AND RESISTANCE

IN EXERCISE AND BED REST

EXERCISE BED REST

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Adjusting for covariates (age at inclusion, BMI at inclusion, and BMD of the femoral neck at inclusion) a significant (P < 0.05) difference was seen in the response to training between the two groups.

Strength improvements from 6 to 24 wk, a significant difference was apparent between groups: nutrient group, 9±3% vs. control, 1±2% (P

< 0.05).

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• INACTIVITY

• SYSTEMIC

INFLAMMATION

ANABOLIC

RESISTANCE

MUSCLE

ATROPHY

INCREASED

FAT MASS

METABOLIC VICIOUS CYCLE IN AGEING AND CHRONIC DISEASES

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EXERCISE +

ENERGY BALANCE

• INACTIVITY

• SYSTEMIC

INFLAMMATION

ANABOLIC

RESISTANCE

MUSCLE

ATROPHY

INCREASED

FAT MASS

PROTEIN

INTAKE