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ArticleEuropean geriatric medicine2023

Sarcopenia ≠ low muscle mass.

Alfonso J Cruz-Jentoft, M Cristina Gonzalez, Carla M Prado

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Article in European geriatric medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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48citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. Health-related quality of life in young pediatric cancer survivors: The role of sarcopenia.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  7. Muscle Health and Prognosis in Patients With Cancer: New Insights.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2026
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  14. Sarcopenic Obesity in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: A Scoping Review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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  17. The Influence of Muscle Morphology on Oncological Outcomes: A Review.Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Alfonso J Cruz-JentoftServicio de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, Ctra. Colmenar Km 9100, 28034, Madrid, Spain. alfonsojose.cruz@salud.madrid.org.
M Cristina GonzalezPostgraduate Program in Health and Behavior, Catholic University of Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
Carla M PradoHuman Nutrition Research Unit, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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SarcopeniaHand StrengthHumansMuscle, Skeletal

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