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Methods, diagnostic criteria, cutoff points, and prevalence of sarcopenia among older people.
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The association between sarcopenia and cognitive impairment in hospitalized older adults: a systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence of sarcopenia in Chinese community-dwelling elderly: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
- Diet Quality and Measures of Sarcopenia in Developing Economies: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Prevalence and Diagnosis of Sarcopenia in Residential Facilities: A Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2019Pooled it
- The feasibility of assessing frailty and sarcopenia in hospitalised older people: a comparison of commonly used tools.BMC geriatrics · 2019Trial
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- Associations between Mediterranean diet adherence and body composition and metabolic outcomes in older adults at risk of sarcopenic obesity.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Association between urinary incontinence and sarcopenic obesity among middle-aged and older Brazilian women.PeerJ · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Fall Risk of Sarcopenia Based on the 2023 Korean Working Group on Sarcopenia Criteria.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Sarcopenia and it's influencing factors among adults with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and tuberculosis in Penang, Malaysia.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Different Diagnostic Criteria for Determining the Prevalence of Sarcopenia in Older Adults: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Patient Self-Assessment of Walking Ability and Fracture Risk in Older Australian Adults.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with sarcopenia among older adults in a post-acute hospital in Singapore.PloS one · 2024Article
- Non-pharmacological interventions for possible sarcopenia or sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2023Article
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- Optimal Cutoffs for the Diagnosis of Sarcopenia in Older Chinese Adults.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- DXA-Derived Indices in the Characterisation of Sarcopenia.Nutrients · 2021Observational
- Association of Acarbose with Decreased Muscle Mass and Function in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Retrospective, Cross-Sectional Study.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2021Article
- Deregulation of IL-37 and its miRNAs modulators in sarcopenic patients after rehabilitation.Journal of translational medicine · 2021Article
- Comparison of Anthropometric Indicators That Assess Nutritional Status From Infancy to Old Age and Proposal of Percentiles for a Regional Sample of Chile.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Article
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Abstract
aimTo identify methods, index, diagnostic criteria, and corresponding cutoff points used to estimate the prevalence of sarcopenia in older people in different countries.
methodsA systematic review was carried out in accordance with PRISMA Statement. The search encompassed the MEDLINE and LILACS databases and was executed during March 2012 using the keyword sarcopenia.
resultsA total of 671 studies were identified by the search strategy, and 30 meet all inclusion criteria. Specifically for dual-X-ray absorptiometry, prevalence ranged from 2.2% to 95% in men and from 0.1% to 33.9% in women. For bioelectrical impedance analysis, the range was from 6.2% to 85.4% in men and 2.8% to 23.6% in women. Regarding anthropometric and computed tomography, prevalence rates were, respectively, 14.1% and 55.9%.
conclusionsHeterogeneity in prevalence of sarcopenia was identified, due to diagnostic method choice, cutoff points, and, characteristics of the population as well as reference population. These factors should be considered in research designs to enable comparison and validation of results. Despite the limitations of most studies that indicated high prevalence rates, the results indicate the need for early detection of this syndrome.
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