ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2025
Association Between Sarcopenia and Buttock Pain Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese People: Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.
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- Sarcopenia as a risk factor for incident pain in Chinese middle-aged and older adults: longitudinal evidence from the CHARLS cohort.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2026Article
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backgroundSarcopenia and buttock pain are highly prevalent in older adults and exert profound negative effects on quality of life. Little is known about the association between sarcopenia and buttock pain.
methodsThis study performed cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses based on prospective cohort study data from the 2015 and 2020 waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). A total of 12,884 community-dwelling adults aged ≥45 years were included in the cross-sectional analysis, and 10,511 of these participants, free of buttock pain at baseline, were further investigated to assess incident buttock pain. Sarcopenia status was categorized as non-sarcopenia, possible sarcopenia, and sarcopenia according to the 2019 Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia and the 2021 Chinese consensus criteria. Logistic regression models adjusted for sociodemographic and health-related covariates were performed to estimate associations between sarcopenia status and buttock pain.
resultsAfter adjusting for covariates, possible sarcopenia, but not sarcopenia, was associated with prevalent buttock pain (OR 1.23, 95% CI 1.03-1.48). After 5 years of follow-up, participants with sarcopenia were more likely to develop incident buttock pain (OR 1.37, 95% CI 1.03-1.81). Among sarcopenia components, poor physical performance was linked to prevalent pain (OR 1.25, 95% CI 1.05-1.50) and low handgrip strength predicted incident pain in males (OR 1.31, 95% CI 1.07-1.60). Appendicular muscle mass was not independently associated with either prevalent or incident buttock pain.
conclusionsIn middle-aged and older Chinese adults, sarcopenia is an independent risk factor for incident buttock pain. Early screening and interventions of sarcopenia may help to mitigate the burden of buttock pain and its associated disability.
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