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Correlation of sarcopenia and depressive mood in older community dwellers: a cross-sectional observational study in China.
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- Poorer performance on physical frailty-related parameters is associated with depression among older rural Indians.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The association between sarcopenic obesity and depression in middle-aged and elderly U.S. adults: insights from the NHANES study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Article
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- Association between sarcopenia components and depressed mood varies by sex among community-dwelling older adults from the Korean Frailty and Aging Cohort Study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Cognitive impairment is a risk factor for decreased physical performance in the elderly.Heliyon · 2024Article
- The association between sarcopenia and incident of depressive symptoms: a prospective cohort study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Associations of medicine use and ejection fraction with the coexistence of frailty and sarcopenia in a sample of heart failure outpatients: a cross-sectional study.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2023Article
- Non-pharmacological interventions for possible sarcopenia or sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Physical activity, physical frailty and depressive symptoms among Chinese male and female older adults: do different indicators make a difference?Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Prospective associations between hand grip strength and subsequent depressive symptoms in men and women aged 50 years and older: insights from the Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Influencing factors of weak grip strength and fall: a study based on the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS).BMC public health · 2022Article
- Association among calf circumference, physical performance, and depression in the elderly Chinese population: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- The association between handgrip strength and depression in cancer survivors: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Pre-pandemic Physical Function and Social Network in Relation to COVID-19-Associated Depressive Burden in Older Adults in Sweden.Innovation in aging · 2022Article
- The Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Sarcopenia Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2022Article
- Long-term trends in the incidence of depressive disorders in China, the United States, India and globally: A comparative study from 1990 to 2019.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Handgrip Strength and Depression Among Older Chinese Inpatients: A Cross-Sectional Study.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveWhether sarcopenia is detrimental to depression is still controversial, which may be due to the three components of the sarcopenia. Our objective was to define the correlation between depression and sarcopenia in older Chinese community dwellers.
designThe study has a cross-sectional design.
settingThe study was conducted in Jiangsu, China.
participantsA total of 101 men and 149 women aged 60 years or older were recruited. OUTCOME MEASURES: Lean tissue mass was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Muscle strength in the upper and lower limbs was measured by a handheld dynamometer and a chair stand test, respectively. Physical performance was assessed by gait speed and standing balance tests. Depressive mood was assessed using the Geriatric Depression Scale-30 (range 0-30).
resultsParticipants in the sarcopenia group had a higher mean depression score than the normal group (p=0.002). Pearson's correlation analysis showed that depression was negatively associated with muscle strength (handgrip strength: R=-0.170, p=0.028 for women, R=-0.196, p=0.048 for men; chair stand test performance: R=0.252, p=0.002 for women, R=0.311, p=0.001 for men) and physical performance (gait speed: R=-0.200, p=0.009, standing balance test performance: R=-0.224, p=0.006, Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB): R=-0.218, p=0.007 for women; SPPB: R=-0.252, p=0.01 for men). Multiple linear regression models revealed that depressive mood was inversely associated with chair stand test (β
conclusionThe diagnostic components of sarcopenia-strength of the leg muscles (chair stand test) and physical performance (gait speed and standing balance test)-were associated with depressive mood.
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