ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2022
Significance of Low Muscle Mass on Arterial Stiffness as Measured by Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index.
Article in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- The Role of Fat-Free Mass in Weight-Related Complications: A Rapid Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Pooled it
- Association between body composition indices and vascular health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical Significance of Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index in Stage A/B Heart Failure Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Journal of clinical medicine research · 2026Article
- Vascular and musculoskeletal interactions: structure, function, and therapeutic strategies for sarcopenia and osteoporosis.MedScience · 2026Review
- The Relationship Between Arterial Stiffness, Anthropometry, and Body Composition in Middle-Aged Individuals: A Cross-Sectional Study.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2026Article
- Association between dietary magnesium intake and muscle mass among hypertensive population: evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Nutrition journal · 2024Article
- Sarcopenia severity is related to arterial stiffness and hypertension in older Korean population without underweight and obesity: population based cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Characteristics of Preoperative Arteriosclerosis Evaluated by Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index in Patients with Osteoarthritis before Total Knee Arthroplasty.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- The Effects of Obesity on the Inflammatory, Cardiovascular, and Neurobiological Responses to Exercise in Older Adults.Biology · 2023Review
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Abstract
Aim: A link between low muscle mass and arterial stiffness is not always consistent. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the clinical significance of low skeletal muscle mass in relation to arterial stiffness measured by the cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI). Methods: A total of 2,561 asymptomatic Korean subjects who underwent bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and CAVI were included for analysis. Using appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM), classes I and II sarcopenia were defined as ASM% greater than 1 standard deviation (SD) and 2 SDs below the gender-specific mean of healthy young Korean adults. Results: Compared to normal, CAVI was significantly higher, but the number of patients with a low ankle-brachial index (ABI) was not significantly different ( Conclusion: Low muscle mass is independently and significantly associated with increased CAVI, and should be considered when managing asymptomatic subjects to assess the risk of atherosclerosis.
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