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ArticleGeroScience2026

Age-related change in skeletal muscle strength, size, and adiposity over 18 years in Caribbean men.

Lauren S Roe, Ryan K Cvejkus, Victor W Wheeler, Christopher L Gordon, Tanya S Kenkre, Joseph M Zmuda, Iva Miljkovic

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Article in GeroScience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Lauren S RoeDivision of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 130 N Bellefield Ave, Suite 300, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA. las367@pitt.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3557-5042
Ryan K CvejkusDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Victor W WheelerTobago Health Studies Office, Scarborough, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago.
Christopher L GordonDepartment of Radiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Tanya S KenkreDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Joseph M Zmuda *Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Iva Miljkovic *Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Funding

Pitt Integrated Clinical and Geroscience Research Training ProgramT32AG021885 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Aditi U Gurkar · 2003 to 2026
$6.7M
Epidemiology of Bone Loss in African MenR01AR049747 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ZMUDA, JOSEPH M. · 2003 to 2014
$5.9M
Myosteatosis, Cognition, and Blood Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease in Persons of African AncestryRF1AG077474 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI MILJKOVIC, IVA, ROSANO, CATERINA · 2022 to 2024
$3.6M
The Study of Muscle and Physical Performance in African Caribbeans.R01AG074956 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI IVA MILJKOVIC · 2022 to 2026
$2.5M
Ectopic adiposity in black men with high type 2 diabetes riskR01DK097084 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI MILJKOVIC, IVA · 2013 to 2016
$1.9M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR049747NIAMS NIH HHS R01-AR049747NIA NIH HHS R01 AG074956NIA NIH HHS R01-AG074956NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG077474NIA NIH HHS RF1AG077474NIA NIH HHS T32 AG021885NIA NIH HHS T32-AG021885NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK097084NIDDK NIH HHS R01-DK097084
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Declines in muscle strength outpace declines in muscle mass with age, so factors like muscle adiposity (i.e., myosteatosis) may contribute to strength loss. We describe intermuscular adipose tissue (IMAT) and grip strength over 18 years among middle-aged and older African Caribbean men. We hypothesized that increases in IMAT precede the loss of muscle area and strength, and that increased IMAT is independently associated with strength decline. Men (n = 339, 51.2 ± 5.5 years) were followed for 18.2 ± 0.9 years. Peripheral quantitative computed tomography at the calf determined IMAT (cm

Indexed as

AdiposityAgingMuscle, SkeletalMuscle StrengthAdipose TissueAgedHand StrengthHumansMaleMiddle AgedTomography, X-Ray ComputedEpidemiologyGrip strengthIntermuscular adipose tissueMyosteatosisPQCT

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PMID41369831
PMCPMC13601445

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