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ArticleJournal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle2026

Comment on 'Asian Reference Values for Handgrip Strength, Gait Speed, Five-Times-Sit-to-Stand Test, Muscle Mass and Calf Circumference' by Grgic et al.

Wee-Shiong Lim, Prasert Assantachai, Reshma Merchant, Chang Won Won, Jean Woo, Liang-Kung Chen, Hidenori Arai

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Article in Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Wee-Shiong LimDepartment of Geriatric Medicine, Institute of Geriatrics and Active Aging, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
Prasert AssantachaiDepartment of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Reshma MerchantYong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Chang Won WonDepartment of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6429-4461
Jean WooJockey Club Institute of Ageing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China.
Liang-Kung ChenCenter for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2387-8508
Hidenori AraiNational Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID42306827
PMCPMC13273395

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