Epidemiology of sarcopenia: Prevalence, risk factors, and consequences

🤖 Plain-English Summary

Sarcopenia is a geriatric condition featured by a progressive loss of muscle mass and function and associated with various adverse health outcomes. However, these associations were mainly based on non-cohort observational studies and need confirmation.

🔑 Key Findings

• In this review, we aimed to summarize the epidemiological features of sarcopenia as well as consequences and risk factors of the disease.
• We performed a systematic review of meta-analysis on sarcopenia to collect data.
• The prevalence of sarcopenia varied between studies and depending on definition used.

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