Leonardo Augusto Costa Teixeira, Jousielle Marcia Dos Santos, Adriana Netto Parentoni, Liliana Pereira Lima, Tamiris Campos Duarte, Franciane Pereira Brant, Camila Danielle Cunha Neves, Fabiana Souza Máximo Pereira, Núbia Carelli Pereira Avelar, Ana Lucia Danielewicz, Amanda Aparecida Oliveira Leopoldino, Sabrina Paula Costa, Arthur Nascimento Arrieiro, Luana Aparecida Soares, Ana Caroline Negreiros Prates, Juliana Nogueira Pontes Nobre, Alessandra de Carvalho Bastone, Vinicius Cunha de Oliveira, Murilo Xavier Oliveira, Pedro Henrique Scheidt Figueiredo, Henrique Silveira Costa, Vanessa Amaral Mendonça, Redha Taiar, Ana Cristina Rodrigues Lacerda
Inflammation is a chronic, sterile, low-grade inflammation that develops with advanced age in the absence of overt infection and may contribute to the pathophysiology of sarcopenia, a progressive and generalized skeletal muscle disorder. Furthermore, a series of biomarkers linked to sarcopenia occurrence have emerged. To aid diagnostic and treatment strategies for low muscle mass in sarcopenia and other related conditions, the objective of this work was to investigate potential biomarkers associated with appendicular lean mass in community-dwelling older women...
December 2, 2022: Journal of Clinical Medicine