ArticleBMC geriatrics2024
Predicting sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults through comprehensive physical fitness tests.
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- Intelligent predictive risk assessment and management of sarcopenia in chronic disease patients using machine learning and a web-based tool.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- Sarcopenia and cognitive impairment: a multidimensional study of clinical associations, shared genetics, and causal links.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundSarcopenia is typically assessed through hand grip strength, walking speed, and chair stand tests. However, it has been inadequately examined in terms of other physical fitness (PF) components in community-dwelling older adults. Thus, in this study, we explored factors influencing the risk of sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults. In addition, we analyzed the clinicodemographic characteristics of older adults with or without sarcopenia and investigated the effect of sex on their PF.
methodsThis cross-sectional study included 745 older adults from a community health promotion program in Taiwan. Their clinicodemographic characteristics were recorded. PF was assessed through various tests, such as hand grip strength evaluation, 8-foot up-and-go test (8-UGT), 2-min step test, and 6-m walk test. PF and factors influencing sarcopenia risk were compared between older adults with sarcopenia (sarcopenia group) and those without it (nonsarcopenia group). A logistic regression model was performed to identify key factors associated with sarcopenia. Its predictive performance was evaluated by calculating the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) curve.
resultsRegardless of sex, the sarcopenia group performed worse in almost all components of PF-for example, upper and lower limb muscular strength and endurance, cardiopulmonary fitness, and balance-than did the nonsarcopenia group. However, for men, no significant between-group difference was observed in flexibility. The logistic regression model indicated age (odds ratio [OR]: 1.107), sex (OR: 2.881), Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form scores (OR: 0.690), and performance in 8-UGT (OR: 1.346) as factors influencing the risk of sarcopenia. The model exhibited excellent discriminative ability in predicting sarcopenia, as indicated by an area under the curve value of 0.867 (95% confidence interval: 0.827-0.906; p < 0.05).
conclusionOlder adults without sarcopenia tend to outperform those with sarcopenia in almost all PF measures, regardless of sex. Older age, male sex, low Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form scores, and poor performance in 8-UGT are associated with a high risk of sarcopenia.
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