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Association between sarcopenia and hemoglobin level: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Factors associated with sarcopenia in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of sarcopenia on clinical outcomes of older adults undergoing total knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Biomarkers for sarcopenia, muscle mass, muscle strength, and physical performance: an umbrella review.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Muscle Strength Profiles According to Kidney Dysfunction and Anemia Status in Korean Adults Aged ≥40 Years: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Thoracic Skeletal Muscle Attenuation Predicts Sex-Specific Mortality After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting-Sex-Specific Insights into Risk Stratification and Frailty Assessment.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Enriched Metabolic Phenotyping Refines Phenotypic Resolution of Type 2 Diabetes.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2026Article
- A Simple Clinical Score Using Hemoglobin, Age, and BMI Effectively Predicts Possible Sarcopenia.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2026Article
- Sarcopenia and Postoperative Outcomes Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Anemia as an independent risk factor for sarcopenia in older adults: a cohort study based on CHARLS and ELSA.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Prospective Associations of Serum Vitamin B12, Homocysteine, and Ferritin Levels with Probable Sarcopenia.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Identifying Individuals at Risk of Functional Decline Despite Preserved Muscle Mass: Insights from Appendicular Skeletal Muscle Mass and Handgrip Strength Discordance.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Sarcopenia in older adults admitted to acute medical unit: a prospective observational study of feasibility and clinical outcomes.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Risk prediction of sarcopenia in a large health checkup population: development and validation of a dynamic online nomogram.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Underweight Status is Associated with Prevalent Anemia in Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures: A Cross-Sectional Study.Clinical interventions in aging · 2026Article
- Development and validation of a nomogram for identifying prevalent sarcopenia in Chinese patients with Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Sarcopenia in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease Can Also Be Triggered by Other Risk Factors.Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies · 2025Article
- TAVI Success Is More Than Just the Valve: CT-Derived Sarcopenia as a Major Determinant of Long-Term Survival.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2025Article
- Chest CT-determined sarcopenia is associated with poorer functional outcomes in osteoarthritis patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty: a retrospective cohort study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Prediction of sarcopenia at different time intervals: an interpretable machine learning analysis of modifiable factors.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- The association of hemoglobin levels and balance function in patients with stroke: a multicenter study in China.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Sarcopenia is a disease characterized by decreased skeletal muscle mass and function in elderly individuals. Decreased hemoglobin levels is a marker of anemia. According to reports, there may be an association between anemia and sarcopenia, but research is inconsistent. Therefore, this meta-analysis aims to explore the association between sarcopenia and low hemoglobin levels. Methods: We searched PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Ovid, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), and Wan Fang databases until September 2022. The present study included cross-sectional and case-control studies regarding low hemoglobin levels and sarcopenia. The studies were selected using inclusion and exclusion criteria. Studies were meta-analyzed by Review Manager 5.4 and Stata 16.0. We performed the heterogeneity test using the Results: Out of 1,550 initial studies, 16 studies were meta-analyzed. Sarcopenia participants had significantly lower levels of hemoglobin than controls (MD = -0.53, 95% CI: -0.68 to -0.37, Conclusion: Our meta-analysis found evidence that sarcopenia is associated with low hemoglobin levels. However, further large-scale prospective studies should be conducted in the future to further confirm our conclusions. Systematic review registration: PROSPERO, CDR42024532252.
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