Associations between sarcopenia with asthmatic prevalence, lung function and comorbidity

• Published in: BMC geriatrics Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 703 - 12
• Main Authors: Hu, Zhigang, Tian, Yufeng, Song, Xinyu, Zeng, Fanjun, Yang, Ailan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 24.08.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Age; Aged; Aging; Airway management; Arthritis; Asthma; Asthma - diagnosis; Asthma - epidemiology; Body mass index; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Comorbidity; Development and progression; Diagnosis; Distribution; Epidemiology; Ethics; Evaluation; Geriatrics; Health aspects; Humans; Hypertension; Longitudinal Studies; Lung; Lung diseases; Lung function; Mortality; Muscle strength; Musculoskeletal system; Obstructive lung disease; Older people; Population; Prevalence; Respiratory function; Risk factors; Rural areas; Sarcopenia; Sarcopenia - diagnosis; Sarcopenia - epidemiology; China; Sarcopenia; Lung function; Prevalence; Comorbidity; Asthma

Sarcopenia is listed as a treatment trait in behavioral/risk factors for severe asthma, but studies on asthma and sarcopenia are lacking. This study aimed to determine the associations between sarcopenia with asthmatic prevalence, symptoms, lung function and comorbidities. Fifteen thousand four hund...