Prevalence of sarcopenia in Chinese community-dwelling elderly: a systematic review

• Main Authors: Xiaoyu Ren (Author), Xianliang Zhang (Author), Qiang He (Author), Litao Du (Author), Ke Chen (Author), Si Chen (Author), Yang Pan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Sarcopenia is associated with age-related loss of muscle mass and function and is becoming prevalent in the older Chinese population. This systematic review aims to obtain a reliable estimation of the prevalence of sarcopenia among community-dwelling Chinese populations aged 65 y...