Journal ArticleSystematic ReviewMeta-AnalysisJournal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle·Graded and published ·Last edited
Low Muscle Mass Linked to 42% Higher Death Risk in Adults
Graded Strong — meta-analysis of 49 cohort studies with 1,149,807 adults, consistent across age and region, though all were observational and some publication bias was found.
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Key Insight
This study suggests keeping muscle mass may matter for living longer.
People with less fat-free mass, which is mostly muscle, had a much higher chance of dying early. This looked at over a million adults living in their communities. The link was stronger in men than in women. It held up across different ages, regions, and causes of death.
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