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Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Sarcopenia among Older Adults in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association of Dietary Vegetable and Fruit Consumption with Sarcopenia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- Unclean Cooking Fuel Use and Slow Gait Speed Among Older Adults From 6 Countries.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2023Pooled it
- Mediterranean Diet and Sarcopenia Features in Apparently Healthy Adults over 65 Years: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Myoprotective Whole Foods, Muscle Health and Sarcopenia: A Systematic Review of Observational and Intervention Studies in Older Adults.Nutrients · 2020Pooled it
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- Sea Vegetables and Fruits as Novel Dietary Protective Factors for Sarcopenia and Muscle Function in Taiwan: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Dietary patterns of Filipino older adults and associated factors: analysis of the 2013 National nutrition survey and 2018-2019 expanded National nutrition survey.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Exploring the Relationship Among Malnutrition, Intake of Various Food Groups, and Sarcopenia in Elderly Population: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Association between the healthy eating index and sarcopenia in Chinese elderly: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Sarcopenic obesity in the Asia-Pacific region: Epidemiology, risk factors, and management.Osteoporosis and sarcopenia · 2025Review
- Evaluation of Dietary Guideline Adherence and Risk of Sarcopenia in Elder Taiwanese.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- Antioxidant Diets and Lifestyles Could Mitigate the Risk of Sarcopenia with Low Muscle Mass in Women: A Retrospective Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Positive Correlation Between Serum Limonene Levels and Muscle Health in a Representative Adult Population in the United States.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Disentangling the Complexity of Nutrition, Frailty and Gut Microbial Pathways during Aging: A Focus on Hippuric Acid.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Relationship between healthy eating index and sarcopenia in elderly people.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity Mediates the Association between Increased Age and Risk of Sarcopenia among Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Journal of diabetes research · 2023Article
- Association between dietary inflammatory potential and the probable sarcopenia among community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Natural Food for Sarcopenia: A Narrative Review.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2022Review
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Abstract
Fruit and vegetable consumption may protect against sarcopenia but there are no studies on this topic from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Thus, we assessed this association among older adults from six LMICs. Community-based cross-sectional data of the Study on Global Aging and Adult Health were analyzed. Sarcopenia was defined as the presence of low skeletal muscle mass based on indirect population formula, and either slow gait or low handgrip strength. Quintiles of vegetable and fruit consumption were created based on the number of servings consumed on a typical day. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was conducted. The sample consisted of 14,585 individuals aged ≥65 years (mean (SD) age 72.6 (11.4) years; 55% females). Adjusted analyses showed that overall, compared to the lowest quintile (Q1), the highest quintile (Q5) of fruit consumption was associated with a 40% lower odds for sarcopenia (OR = 0.60; 95% CI = 0.42-0.84) but this association was largely driven by the strong association among females (e.g., Q5 vs. Q1 OR = 0.42; 95% CI = 0.24-0.73), with no significant associations found among males. Vegetable consumption was not significantly associated with sarcopenia. Future studies of longitudinal design may shed light on whether increasing fruit consumption among older females in LMICs may reduce risk for sarcopenia.
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