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Abstract

Sarcopenina will have a significant impact on Chinese people in the near future. [...]it is very important to know the prevalence of sarcopenia across China and identify the patients with possible sarcopenia and ulteriorly reduce the incidence of sarcopenia and severe sarcopenia in order to improve the health and quality of life for older people. The associated factors of sarcopenia in Chinese population may differ from other countries due to diverse genetic background, ethnicity, and living environment. [...]it’s vital to estimate the national prevalence of sarcopenia and identify the associated factors for Chinese population and develop specific prevention and treatment strategies for this disease in China. Following the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People 2 (EWGSOP2), muscle strength was recognized that was better than muscle mass in predicting adverse outcomes [1]. [...]we aimed to find factors associated with possible sarcopenia in Chinese population in order to increase awareness of sarcopenia and treat patients at risk for sarcopenia as early as possible. According to AWGS 2019, the criteria for low physical performance are 6-m walk <1.0 m/s, or 5-time chair stand test ≥12 seconds, or Short Physical Performance Battery score (SPPB) <9 [3].

Details

Title
Sarcopenia prevalence and associated factors among older Chinese population: Findings from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study
Author
Wu, Xin; Li, Xue; Xu, Meihong; Zhang, Zhaofeng; He, Lixia; Li, Yong
First page
e0247617
Section
Research Article
Publication year
2021
Publication date
Mar 2021
Publisher
Public Library of Science
e-ISSN
19326203
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2497143555
Copyright
© 2021 Wu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.