From: Alcohol consumption as a risk factor for sarcopenia - a meta-analysis
Study | Designa | Principal Aims |
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Akune et al. 2013 [21] | Cross-sectional | Investigate the prevalence of sarcopenia using the EWGSOP definition, and clarified the association of sarcopenia with physical performance |
Castillo et al. 2003 [23] | Cohort | Examine sarcopenia prevalence and risk factors in community-dwelling men and women who attended a 1988–1992 Rancho Bernardo Study clinic visit |
Domiciano et al. 2013 [11] | Cohort | Evaluate the prevalence and risk factors associated with sarcopenia, according to these two criteria in community-dwelling older women |
Figueiredo et al. 2013 [27] | Cohort | Evaluate the prevalence and risk factors associated with sarcopenia, based on these two criteria |
Landi et al. 2013 [24] | Cohort | Evaluate the impact of sarcopenia on the risk of all-cause death in a population of frail older persons |
Lau et al. 2005 [13] | Cross-sectional | Evaluate the prevalence of and risk factors for sarcopenia in elderly Chinese, and to compare these observations with those in white persons |
Lin et al. 2013 [28] | Cross-sectional | Determine the prevalence of sarcopenia using the EWGSOP algorithm in a general elderly population in a Taiwanese metropolitan area |
Liu et al. 2014 [14] | Cohort | Evaluate the prevalence of sarcopenia and its associative clinical characteristics |
Park et al. 2014 [22] | Cross-sectional | Examine whether vitamin D deficiency was positively associated with sarcopenia in a gender-specific manner in adults aged 50 years, independent of other covariates and possible confounders, including body composition, blood tests, including serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels, dietary intake, and hormone replacement therapy in women |
Sampaio et al. 2014 [29] | Cross-sectional | Examine whether arterial stiffness, measured by the cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI), is associated with skeletal muscle mass index (SMI) in Japanese community-dwelling older adults. |
Silva Alexandre et al. 2014 [20] | Cross-sectional | Examine the prevalence and factors associated with sarcopenia in older residents in São Paulo, Brazil |
Volpato et al. 2014 [15] | Cross-sectional | Estimate the prevalence and investigate the clinical correlates of sarcopenia |
Wu et al. 2014 [16] | Cross-sectional | Show the prevalence and associated factors of sarcopenia and severe sarcopenia in rural communitydwelling older Taiwanese |