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ea0073aep282 | Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition | ECE2021

Role of sarcopenia in cognitive function in patients with morbid obesity before bariatric surgery

Andreu Simó-Servat , Ibarra Montserrat , Libran Mireia , Valverde Maite , Perea Veronica , Luis García-Pascual , Orois Aida , Carmen Quirós , Casas Laura , Maria Jose Barahona Constanzo

AimObesity was shown to be related to global cognitive decline, being especially altered the executive function and the information processing speed. Additionally, sarcopenic obesity (SO) was associated independently with a deterioration in global cognition, executive function, information processing speed, global memory and cerebral atrophy in patients > 65 years. However, at present there is no data regarding the role of sarcopenia in the cognitive...