ArticleNutrients2020
Amount of Protein Required to Improve Muscle Mass in Older Adults.
Article in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Systematic review and meta-analysis of protein intake to support muscle mass and function in healthy adults.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2022Pooled it
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- Clinically Meaningful or Just Measurable? What Physiologic Outcomes Tell Us About Aging Interventions.Current geriatrics reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
Increased protein intake has been suggested as an effective strategy to treat age-related loss of muscle mass and function, but the amount of protein required to improve muscle and function without exercise in older adults remains unclear. Thus, this secondary data analysis aimed to assess what amount of protein from habitual protein intake was positively associated with changes in muscle mass and gait speed in older women and men. Ninety-six community-dwelling older adults consumed 0.8, 1.2, or 1.5 g/kg/day of protein and maintained their usual physical activity for 12 weeks. Increased protein intake of >0.54 g/kg/day was positively associated with changes in appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM)/weight (
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