Gender Differences in the Association Between Sarcopenia and Depressive Symptoms Among Community-Dwelling Older People in a Chinese Suburban Area
Linqian Lu, Lin Mao, Shanshan Yang, Xiangfeng He, Zhen Zhang, Nan Chen · 2023
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Linqian Lu and co-authors link muscle loss and low mood differently in older men and women in a 2023 study. Sarcopenia, the shrinking of muscle with age, and depressive symptoms both shadow later life. A suburban Chinese sample of 1,119 people aged sixty-five and up was graded for muscle status by Asian consensus rules and screened with a standard depression scale.
In women, having no sarcopenia tied to fewer symptoms, and severe sarcopenia to more. Single measures mattered too: slow walking speed in women, and low muscle mass in men, each carried its own link. A chair-stand test added signal in women. The pattern says screening should read the parts, not just the label, and should expect the story to differ by sex.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Linqian Lu, Lin Mao, Shanshan Yang, Xiangfeng He, Zhen Zhang, Nan Chen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |