SynthesisBMC geriatrics2016
Alcohol consumption as a risk factor for sarcopenia - a meta-analysis.
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47 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 92 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association between Alcohol Consumption and the Risk of Sarcopenia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Associated Factors of Sarcopenia in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- Relationship between sarcopenia and physical activity in older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical interventions in aging · 2017Pooled it
- Contribution of Sport Type to the Association Between Handgrip Strength and Morbidity/Mortality: Future Follow-up Study and Possible Mechanisms.Sports medicine - open · 2026Review
- The Role of Fibro/adipogenic Progenitors (FAPs) in Sarcopenia: Mechanisms and Potential Therapeutic Strategies.Stem cell reviews and reports · 2026Review
- Cardiometabolic index as a predictor of sarcopenia in U.S. adults aged 20-59: results from a cross-sectional study.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2026Article
- Development and external validation of a sarcopenia risk prediction model in elderly patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Dietary Preferences and Sarcopenia in Young and Middle-Aged Adults: A Population-Based Correlational Study.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Diagnostic Value of the Five Times Sit-to-Stand Test and Other Functional Measures in Patients with Arteriosclerosis Obliterans.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Study on body composition characteristics and influencing factors of sarcopenia status among older adults in Shanghai: a cross-sectional study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
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- Prediction of sarcopenia at different time intervals: an interpretable machine learning analysis of modifiable factors.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Alcohol consumption may not be a risk factor for sarcopenia in the older adults.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2025Article
- Sex disparity in the association between alcohol consumption and sarcopenia: a population-based study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors for Hand-Grip-Determined Dynapenia in the Korean Population: A Cross-Sectional Study.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The relationship between physical performance and alcohol consumption levels in Russian adults.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Association between oxidative balance score and skeletal muscle mass and strength: NHANES from 2011 to 2018.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Alcohol Consumption and Measures of Sarcopenic Muscle Risk: Cross-Sectional and Prospective Associations Within the UK Biobank Study.Calcified tissue international · 2023Article
- Sarcopenic Obesity in People with Alcoholic Use Disorder: Relation with Inflammation, Vascular Risk Factors and Serum Vitamin D Levels.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Rheumatoid sarcopenia: loss of skeletal muscle strength and mass in rheumatoid arthritis.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundSarcopenia, a loss of muscle strength and mass, has serious implications for older adults. Some risk factors for sarcopenia are well established. The role of other factors such as alcohol consumption is less certain. The main aim of this study was to explore the relationship between sarcopenia and alcohol consumption in people over 65 years old.
methodsFour electronic databases were searched to identify potentially relevant papers. Demographics and information on sarcopenia and alcohol consumption were extracted from relevant papers. The relationship between sarcopenia and alcohol consumption was described using odds ratios (ORs).
resultsOf 214 papers identified as potentially relevant, 13 were ultimately included in the meta-analyses. The papers provided data from 13,155 participants. The OR (95 % CI) for sarcopenia among alcohol drinkers was 0.67 (0.54-0.83) for males, 0.89 (0.73-1.08) for females, and 0.77 (0.67-0.88) for the overall population.
conclusionsThe results of this meta-analysis do not support alcohol consumption as a risk factor for sarcopenia.
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