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Association Between Sarcopenia and Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Older Adults: Evidence From the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine, 2021
Background: Little is known about whether sarcopenia predicts incident depressive symptoms in older adults. Using the nationally representative data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), we conducted cross-sectional and ...
Ke Gao   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Associations of Muscle Mass and Strength with All-Cause Mortality among US Older Adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
INTRODUCTION: Recent studies suggested that muscle mass and muscle strength may independently or synergistically affect aging-related health outcomes in older adults; however, prospective data on mortality in the general population are sparse ...
Gathirua-Mwangi, Wambui Grace   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Systemic Vascular Function Is Associated with Muscular Power in Older Adults

open access: yesJournal of Aging Research, 2012
Age-associated loss of muscular strength and muscular power is a critical determinant of loss of physical function and progression to disability in older adults.
Kevin S. Heffernan   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sarcopenia prevalence and associated factors among older Chinese population: Findings from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
Sarcopenia a recognised geriatric syndrome. This study aims to evaluate the prevalence of possible sarcopenia, sarcopenia and severe sarcopenia among older Chinese adults and to identify any associated factors for possible sarcopenia according to the ...
Xin Wu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A pilot study of temsirolimus and body composition. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
PurposeBody weight and composition play a role in cancer etiology, prognosis, and treatment response. Therefore, we analyzed the weight, body composition changes, and outcome in patients treated with temsirolimus, an mTor inhibitor that has weight loss ...
Janku, Filip   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Effect of allopurinol on phosphocreatine recovery and muscle function in older people with impaired physical function:a randomised controlled trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Background: Allopurinol has vascular antioxidant effects and participates in purinergic signalling within muscle. We tested whether allopurinol could improve skeletal muscle energetics and physical function in older people with impaired physical ...
Cavin, Ian   +10 more
core   +2 more sources

Sarcopenia from mechanism to diagnosis and treatment in liver disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Sarcopenia or loss of skeletal muscle mass is the major component of malnutrition and is a frequent complication in cirrhosis that adversely affects clinical outcomes.
Dasarathy, Srinivasan, MERLI, Manuela
core   +1 more source

Prevalence and associated factors of possible sarcopenia and sarcopenia: findings from a Chinese community-dwelling old adults cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2022
Purpose To describe the prevalence and analyse the associated factors of possible sarcopenia and sarcopenia among community-dwelling old adults in China, in order to provide effective strategies for early prevention and treatment of sarcopenia.
Jiazhi Wang   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prognostic Value of Computed Tomography : Measured Parameters of Body Composition in Primary Operable Gastrointestinal Cancers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Professor Graeme Murray, Department of Pathology, University of Aberdeen provided us access to the colorectal cancer pathology databases from which the colorectal component of the research was based.
Black, Douglas   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

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