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ArticleBMC geriatrics2024

Effects of cigarette smoking associated with sarcopenia in persons 60 years and older: a cross-sectional study in Zhejiang province.

Junfen Lin, Meiyu Hu, Xue Gu, Tao Zhang, Haiyan Ma, Fudong Li

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Article in BMC geriatrics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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Junfen Lin *Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Binsheng Road, Hangzhou, 310051, China.
Meiyu Hu *School of Public Health, Hangzhou Normal University, Yuhangtang Road, Yuhang District, Hangzhou, 311121, Zhejiang, China.
Xue GuZhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Binsheng Road, Hangzhou, 310051, China.
Tao ZhangZhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Binsheng Road, Hangzhou, 310051, China.
Haiyan MaSchool of Public Health, Hangzhou Normal University, Yuhangtang Road, Yuhang District, Hangzhou, 311121, Zhejiang, China. mahaiyan@hznu.edu.cn.
Fudong LiZhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Binsheng Road, Hangzhou, 310051, China. fdli@cdc.zj.cn.

Funding

Medical Health Science and Technology Project of Zhejiang Provincial Health Commission 2021KY619Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China LTGY24H260004
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeSmoking is a risk factor for sarcopenia. Nevertheless, few studies analyzed the independent effects of various smoking dimensions (duration, intensity, cumulative dose) on sarcopenia risk. This is a cross-sectional study based on an older population in Zhejiang Province to determine which smoking dimensions are mainly important for sarcopenia risk and to explore the dose-response relationship between them.

methodsOur study included 783 patients with sarcopenia and 4918 non-sarcopenic individuals. Logistic regression and restricted cubic with logistic regression (for nonlinear dose effects) were used to obtain odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals as well as restricted cubic splines (RCS) curves.

resultsCompared with never-smokers, current smokers had an increased risk of sarcopenia (OR = 1.786; 95% CI 1.387-2.301) after adjusting for confounders such as age, sex, education, alcohol consumption, disease history, etc. There was no significant association between smoking intensity and sarcopenia after more than 20 cigarettes per day (OR = 1.484; 95% CI 0.886-2.487), whereas the risk of sarcopenia increased significantly with increasing duration of smoking after more than 40 years (OR = 1.733; 95% CI 1.214-2.473). Meanwhile, there was a significant non-linear dose-response relationship between smoking duration or intensity and the risk of sarcopenia. However, the risk of sarcopenia increased linearly with the number of pack-years of smoking, which is not a significant nonlinear dose-response relationship.

conclusionsThis study indicated the association between smoking and sarcopenia. Both smoking duration and cumulative dose were significantly and positively associated with sarcopenia. These findings reflect the important role of the number of years of smoking in increasing the risk of sarcopenia and provide scientific evidence that different smoking dimensions may influence the risk of the sarcopenia.

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Cigarette SmokingSarcopeniaAgedAged, 80 and overChinaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRisk FactorsElderlyPack-yearsSarcopeniaSmoking

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